rut
English
/ɹʌt/
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French rut (roar, bellowing, noise) derived from Latin rugītus (brayed, roared, bellowed, rumbled).
Origin
Latin
rugītus
Gloss
brayed, roared, bellowed, rumbled
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rutted English
- ruttily English
- ruttiness English
- ruttish English
- ruttishly English
- ruttishness English
- rutty English
- snow English
- snowrut English
- unrutted English
- *brugitus Latin
- *brūgere Latin
- rugītus Latin
- ruggito Italian
- rugi French
- rut French
- buscarruidos Spanish, Castilian
- rugido Spanish, Castilian
- ruidero Spanish, Castilian
- ruido Spanish, Castilian
- ruidoso Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁rewg- Proto-Indo-European
- rugido Portuguese
- bruit Old French
- ruit Old French
- rut Old French
- rogido Old Portuguese
- roydo Old Portuguese
- roido Old Spanish