Where does “rout” come from?
rout (Middle English) comes from Middle English routen, from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
Ancestry of “rout”, step by step
rout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English routen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | routen | To make a loud noise; To sleep; To rush forward;... |
| 2 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 3 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 4 | Old French | route | route |
| 5 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 6 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 7 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |
via Anglo-Norman route
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | route | route |