English
ruck
Ruck comes from Middle English ruke.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ruke
- Englishearliest quotation 1873ruck
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ruke
- Englishearliest quotation 1873ruck
Earliest quotation: 1873, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux: “Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with…”
Every English word from Middle English ruke
Another origin of ruck
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to turn, bend’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrunkijōreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350hrukka‘wrinkle, crease’
- Englishtodayruck
Possibly related to Irish roc.
Today it means
noun A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English ruke / ruck