Where does “autorutier” come from?
autorutier (Romanian) comes from French autoroutier, from French autoroute, from French route, from Old French rote, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
autorutier (Romanian): motorway
Definitions
- motorway
Ancestry of “autorutier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autoroutier | motorway, highway, freeway; motorway-user,... |
| 2 | French | autoroute | An expressway, freeway, motorway, highway |
| 3 | French | route | road; route, way, path |
| 4 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 5 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 6 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 7 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |