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Where does “ruzulo” come from?

ruzulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ruza, from French rusé, from French ruser, from Latin recūsāre, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

ruzulo (Esperanto): clever, sly, cunning person

Definitions

  1. clever, sly, cunning person

Ancestry of “ruzulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoruzaclever, sly, cunning
2Frenchrusépast participle of ruser; cunning, wily, crafty
3Frenchruserto use one's cunning, to be crafty, to beguile
4Latinrecūsāre—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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