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

ruiner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ruino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinruinoI ruin
2Latinruīnaa falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction
3Latinruōto hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rew-to run, to hurry
5Proto-Indo-European-w-—

via Medieval Latin ruino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinruino—

Words derived from “ruiner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew- →Every word from Latin ruō →