Etymograph

English

rut

Rut comes from Old French rut ‘noise, roar, bellowing’, from Latin rugītus ‘roaring’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *rougiō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rougiōreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErugiōas rugīre‘to roar’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErugītus‘roaring’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400rut‘noise, roar, bellowing’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rutte
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1700rut

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rougiōreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErugiōas rugīre‘to roar’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErugītus‘roaring’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400rut‘noise, roar, bellowing’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rutte
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1700rut

Earliest quotation: 1700, John Dryden, Cinyras and Myrrha, out of the Tenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorp: “VVhat Piety forbids the luſty Ram / Or more…”

Every English word from Proto-Italic *rougiō

Another origin of rut

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400routeuncertain
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘road’uncertain
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same formuncertain
  4. Englishtodayrut

Today it means

noun Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season; the state or season in which this is experienced.

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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rougiō / rut

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