Where does “rut” come from?

rut (Old French) comes from Latin rugītus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

rut (Old French): noise, roar, bellowing

Definitions

  1. noise, roar, bellowing

Ancestry of “rut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrugītusbraying (of a donkey)
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “rut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin rugītus →