English
ruminant
Ruminant comes from Latin rūminārī ‘to chew the cud, ruminate’, and goes back to rūmen ‘throat, gullet, rumen’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErūmen‘throat, gullet, rumen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErūminārī‘to chew the cud, ruminate’next step skipped: Latin rūminor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErūminānspresent participle of rūminārī
- Englishearliest quotation 1941ruminant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErūmen‘throat, gullet, rumen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErūminārī‘to chew the cud, ruminate’next step skipped: Latin rūminor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErūminānspresent participle of rūminārī
- Englishearliest quotation 1941ruminant
Earliest quotation: 1941, Theodore Roethke, Prognosis: “Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies…”
Linked words
through Latin rūmen ‘throat, gullet, rumen’
Today it means
adj Chewing cud.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rūmen / ruminant