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Where does “rūs” come from?

rūs (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic rowos, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewos, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Ancestry of “rūs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicrowoscountry, countryside, open land
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewosopen space, field
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
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