Where does “rue” come from?

rue (Latin) comes from Latin ruo, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.

rue (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “rue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinruoI hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly; I collapse,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rew-to run, to hurry
3Proto-Indo-European-w-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew- →Every word from Latin ruo →
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