ruineux

French

adj

Definitions

ruinous
ruinously expensive; extravagant

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ruinos derived from Latin ruīnōsus suffix from French ruine.

Origin

French

ruine

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ruinosus Latin
ruīna Latin
ruīnōsus Latin
ruine French
ruineusement French
ruinoso Spanish, Castilian
ruinoso Portuguese
ruynous Middle English
ruine Old French
ruinos Old French
ruină Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
rwinn Mauritian Creole