Where does “semirutus” come from?
semirutus (Latin) comes from Latin rutus, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.
semirutus (Latin): half-demolished
Ancestry of “semirutus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rutus | dug-up, raked up, having been dug-up |
| 2 | Latin | ruō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rew- | to run, to hurry |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -w- | — |