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