Etymology of the English word ruin
the English word
ruinderived from the Old French word
ruinederived from the Latin word
ruina (fall; catastrophe; collapse)
derived from the Latin word
ruere (destroy, ruin, overthrow)
derived from the French word
ruinderived from the Latin word
ruina (fall; catastrophe; collapse)
derived from the Latin word
ruere (destroy, ruin, overthrow)
Date
The earliest known usage of ruin in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
ruined,
ruiningCognates
Dutch
ruine, Dutch
runne, French
ruine, German
Ruin, German
Ruine, Italian
rovina, Latin
ruina, Norwegian
ruin, Polish
ruina, Spanish
ruina, Swedish
ruin, Yiddish
ruinUsage
Word found in Modern English
