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Where does “rusticate” come from?

rusticate (Latin) comes from Latin rusticatus, from Latin rusticor, from Latin rusticus, from Proto-Italic rowestikos, from Proto-Italic rowos, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewos, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

rusticate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of rūsticātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of rūsticātus

Ancestry of “rusticate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrusticatus
2LatinrusticorI live in the country
3Latinrusticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined,...
4Proto-Italicrowestikosrural, rustic
5Proto-Italicrowoscountry, countryside, open land
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewosopen space, field
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
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