rubo

Spanish

noun

Definitions

(obsolete) blackberry bush
(obsolete) bramble thorny shrub

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rubo inherited from Latin rubus (bramble, red, briar) inherited from Proto-Italic *wruðos derived from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (sweetbriar).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wr̥dʰo-

Gloss

sweetbriar

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

doxorubicin English
rubus Latin
rovo Italian
*HweRdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*Hwerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*wr̥dʰo- Proto-Indo-European
rug Aromanian
*wruðos Proto-Italic
rubo Old Spanish
*wṛda- Proto-Iranian