Where does “ruttiness” come from?
ruttiness (English) comes from English rutty, from English rūt, from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
ruttiness (English): The quality of being rutty
Definitions
- The quality of being rutty
Ancestry of “ruttiness”, step by step
ruttiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rutty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rutty | Imprinted with ruts; In a rut; Related to a rut;... |
| 2 | English | rūt | Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season |
| 3 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 4 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 5 | Old French | route | route |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |