Etymograph

English

Rudyard

Rudyard comes from Old English rude ‘rue yard’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ῥῡτή.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῡτή‘rue’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErūta‘rue’
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rūtā‘rue’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rude‘rue yard’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Rudierd
  6. EnglishtodayRudyard

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῡτή‘rue’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErūta‘rue’
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rūtā‘rue’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rude‘rue yard’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Rudierd
  6. EnglishtodayRudyard

Linked words

through Latin rūta ‘rue’

rue, 1 more

Today it means

name A lakeside village in Horton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9558).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῥῡτή / Rudyard

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