roture
French
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A landholding in New France, immediately below the level of seigneurie, and typically between 40 and 200 square arpents in size.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ruptūra (rupture, a breaking, breaking breaking off of a limb, breach, fracture).
Origin
Latin
ruptūra
Gloss
rupture, a breaking, breaking breaking off of a limb, breach, fracture
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- roturier English
- ruptūra Latin
- rottura Italian
- roturier French
- roturièrement French
- rupture French
- rotura Spanish, Castilian
- ruptura Spanish, Castilian
- ruptura Portuguese
- rupt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ruptură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ruptar Ido
- rupture Middle French
- routura Old Portuguese
- roture Friulian
- rotura Venetian