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Where does “ruiner” come from?

ruiner (Old French) comes from Latin ruino, from Latin ruīna, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.

ruiner (Old French): to destroy; to ruin; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck;...

Definitions

  1. to destroy; to ruin; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck;...

Ancestry of “ruiner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinruinoI ruin
2Latinruīna—
3Latinruō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rew-to run, to hurry
5Proto-Indo-European-w-—

Words derived from “ruiner”

  • ruyner
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -w- →