Where does “ruée” come from?
ruée (French) comes from French ruer, from Vulgar Latin rutare, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.
ruée (French): rush, dash; mob, huge crowd
Definitions
- rush, dash; mob, huge crowd
Ancestry of “ruée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ruer | to kick with its hind legs; to hurl; to struggle,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | rutare | — |
| 3 | Latin | ruō | to hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rew- | to run, to hurry |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -w- | — |