Where does “Rumeur” come from?

Rumeur (Luxembourgish) comes from French rumeur, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rumor, from Proto-Italic roumōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- — to roar, to howl, to shout.

Rumeur (Luxembourgish): rumor

Definitions

  1. rumor

Ancestry of “Rumeur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrumeurrumour / rumor
2Old Frenchrumeur—
3Latinrumorrumor; rustle, murmur, a murmuring; The voice of...
4Proto-Italicroumōs—
5Proto-Indo-European*h₃rewH-to roar, to howl, to shout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- →Every word from Proto-Italic roumōs →Every word from Latin rumor →