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Where does “rovinare” come from?

rovinare (Italian) comes from Latin ruinare, from French ruiner, from French ruine, from Middle French ruyne, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-.

rovinare (Italian): to ruin, to wreck, to spoil, to botch; to...

Definitions

  1. to ruin, to wreck, to spoil, to botch; to...

Ancestry of “rovinare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinruinare—
2Frenchruinerto ruin; to raze to the ground, to destroy, to...
3Frenchruineruin, wreck; ruin; first-person singular present...
4Middle Frenchruyneruin; wreck; ruin
5Old Frenchruineruin
6Latinruīna—
7Latinruō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rew-to run, to hurry
9Proto-Indo-European-w-—
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