Rout Definition

Origin of Rout

• From Middle English routen, ruten, from Old English hrÅ«tan (“to make a noise, whiz, snore"), also rÄ“otan, *hrÄ“otan (“to make a noise, make a noise in grief, weep, mourn, lament, wail, shed tears"), both from Proto-Germanic *hrÅ«tanÄ…, *hreutanÄ… (“to snore, snort"), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor-, *kr- (“to croak, crow"). Cognate with Middle Dutch ruyten (“to make a noise, chatter, chirp"), Middle High German rÅ«zen, rÅ«ssen (“to make a noise, rattle, buzz, snore"), Icelandic rjóta, hrjóta (“to roar, rattle, snore"). Related also to Swedish ryta (“to roar, bellow, shout"), Icelandic rauta (“to roar").

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• From Middle English ruten (“to rush, dart, dash, beat"), from Old Norse hrjóta (“to jump down, fall out, plunge, hurl, burst forth, rebound, fly, be flung"), from Proto-Germanic *hreutanÄ… (“to plunge, rush, hurl, shatter, fall, break"), from Proto-Indo-European *kreu- (“to fall, plunge, rush, topple"). Cognate with Middle High German rûzen (“to move quickly, storm"). Related also to Old English hrÄ“osan (“to fall, sink, fall down, go to ruin, rush, rush upon, attack"). More at rush.

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• 1598, "disorderly retreat," from Middle French route "disorderly flight of troops," literally "a breaking off, rupture," from Vulgar Latin rupta "a dispersed group," literally "a broken group," from Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture). The verb is from 1600.

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• Middle English route from Old French troop, defeat from Vulgar Latin rupta from feminine of Latin ruptus past participle of rumpere to break reup- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English routen to roar from Old Norse rauta

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Alteration of root.

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• Variant of root

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition