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
- to destroy; to ruin; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck;...
Ancestry of “ruiner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ruino | I ruin |
| 2 | Latin | ruīna | — |
| 3 | Latin | ruō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rew- | to run, to hurry |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -w- | — |
Words derived from “ruiner”