Where does “frontrute” come from?
frontrute (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rute, from French route, from Old French rote, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
frontrute (Norwegian Bokmål): a windscreen or windshield
Definitions
- a windscreen or windshield
Ancestry of “frontrute”, step by step
frontrute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rute | square; pane; route |
| 2 | French | route | road; route, way, path |
| 3 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 4 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 5 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 6 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |