Where does “ruineusement” come from?
ruineusement (French) comes from French ruineux, from Old French ruinos, from Latin ruinosus, from Latin ruīna, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.
ruineusement (French): ruinously
Ancestry of “ruineusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ruineux | ruinous; ruinously expensive; extravagant |
| 2 | Old French | ruinos | — |
| 3 | Latin | ruinosus | ruined, tumbledown; ruinous |
| 4 | Latin | ruīna | — |
| 5 | Latin | ruō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rew- | to run, to hurry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -w- | — |