Where does “ruditee” come from?
ruditee (Middle English) comes from Old French rudete, from Latin ruditas, from Latin rudis, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
Ancestry of “ruditee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | rudete | — |
| 2 | Latin | ruditas | accusative feminine plural of rudītus; ignorance |
| 3 | Latin | rudis | rough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |