Where does “avutrota” come from?
avutrota (Swedish) comes from Swedish utrota, from German ausrotten, from German rotten, from Middle High German roten, from Middle High German rote, from Old French rote, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
avutrota (Swedish): to make de-extinct; to bring back an eradicated species
Definitions
- to make de-extinct; to bring back an eradicated species
Ancestry of “avutrota”, step by step
avutrota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish utrota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | utrota | wipe out, eradicate, root out |
| 2 | German | ausrotten | to root out, to eradicate, to extirpate, to... |
| 3 | German | rotten | to form into a gang, rout, squad; Alternative... |
| 4 | Middle High German | roten | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | rote | — |
| 6 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 7 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 8 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 9 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |