Where does “bruit” come from?

bruit (French) comes from Old French bruit, from Latin rugītus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

bruit (French): a noise; a rumor or report

Definitions

  1. a noise; a rumor or report

Ancestry of “bruit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbruitnoise; sounds
2Latinrugītusbraying (of a donkey)
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “bruit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin rugītus →