Where does “rugose” come from?
rugose (Italian) comes from Italian rugoso, from Latin rugosus, from Latin rūga, from Proto-Indo-European krewp-, from Proto-Indo-European krew- — to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise.
rugose (Italian): feminine plural of rugoso
Definitions
- feminine plural of rugoso
Ancestry of “rugose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rugoso | wrinkled, wrinkly, lined; rugose |
| 2 | Latin | rugosus | wrinkled; shrivelled |
| 3 | Latin | rūga | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krewp- | scab, crust; to become encrusted |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krew- | to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise |