Where does “rubo” come from?

rubo (Galician) comes from Latin rubus, from Proto-Italic wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥dʰo- — sweetbriar.

rubo (Galician): blackberry, bramble

Definitions

  1. blackberry, bramble

Ancestry of “rubo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrubusbramble, blackberry bush
2Proto-Italicwruðos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥dʰo-sweetbriar
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