bruit

English

/bɹuːt/, /bɹut/, /ˈbɹuːi/, /ˈbɹui/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.
  • (countable) A clamour, an outcry; a noise.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bruit (collective noun for a group of barons, renown, commotion, fame, tumult) derived from brut (noise, tumult, fame, collective noun for a group of barons, renown, hearsay, commotion, rumour, sounds) derived from Old French bruit (sounds, noise, fame, tumult, commotion, renown, hearsay, rumour) derived from Latin brugere, rugīre (roar) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (roar, belch, retch, vomit) derived from Latin bragere root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (roar, belch, retch, vomit).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁rewg-

Gloss

roar, belch, retch, vomit

Concept
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