English
roture
Roture comes from French roture ‘a landholding in New France, immediately below…’, from Latin rumpō ‘break, burst’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrewp-‘break’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rumpōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErumpō‘break, burst’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEruptūra
- Frenchc. 1600–presentroture‘a landholding in New France, immediately below the level of seigneurie’
- Englishearliest quotation 1867same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrewp-‘break’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rumpōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErumpō‘break, burst’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEruptūra
- Frenchc. 1600–presentroture‘a landholding in New France, immediately below the level of seigneurie’
- Englishearliest quotation 1867same form
Earliest quotation: 1867, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Section 23(3): “He shall be legally or equitably seised as of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘break’
route, rob, robbery, rover, robe, reaver, 21 more
through Latin rumpō ‘break, burst’
corruption, corrupt, disrupt, eruption, erupt, rout, 8 more
through Late Latin ruptūra
Today it means
noun Plebeian rank in France.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- / roture