Where does “rwine” come from?
rwine (Mauritian Creole) comes from French ruiner, from French ruine, from Middle French ruyne, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.
rwine (Mauritian Creole): to ruin, damage
Definitions
- to ruin, damage
Ancestry of “rwine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ruiner | to ruin; to raze to the ground, to destroy, to... |
| 2 | French | ruine | ruin, wreck; ruin; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | ruyne | ruin; wreck; ruin |
| 4 | Old French | ruine | ruin |
| 5 | Latin | ruīna | a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction |
| 6 | Latin | ruō | to hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rew- | to run, to hurry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -w- | — |