Proto-Indo-European

*Hrew-

‘to tear up, dig up’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-, most familiar first.

• room ← roum ← rūm ← *rūm ← *rūmą
• rude ← rudis
• roster ← rooster ← roosten ← *rōsten ← *raustijan
• erudite ← ērudītus ← ērudiō ← rudis
• erudition ← eruditio ← erudire ← rudis
• ruche ← rusche ← rusche ← rusca ← rūsca
• rudiment ← rudimentum ← rudis
• rudity ← ruditee ← rudete ← ruditas ← rudis
• rudite ← rudus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-