Where does “ruina” come from?
ruina (Italian) comes from Italian rovina, from Latin ruīna, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.
ruina (Italian): Archaic form of rovina
Ancestry of “ruina”, step by step
ruina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian rovina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | rovina | ruin, destruction, downfall, collapse; ruins,... |
| 2 | Latin | ruīna | a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction |
| 3 | Latin | ruō | to hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rew- | to run, to hurry |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -w- | — |
via Latin ruina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ruina | a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction;... |
| 2 | Latin | ruo | I hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly; I collapse,... |