rua

Portuguese

/ˈʁu.ɐ/

noun

Definitions

street; road paved path
streets urban areas outside buildings

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese rua (street) derived from Old French rue derived from Old Spanish rua derived from Latin *ruga, ruga (wrinkle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (become encrusted).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krewp-

Gloss

become encrusted

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ruga English
*ruga Latin
ruga Latin
rūga Latin
rūta Latin
ruga Italian
rue French
ruelle French
vélorue French
*krewp- Proto-Indo-European
ruga Portuguese
rue Old French
ruada Galician
rueiro Galician
rúa Galician
ρούγα Greek (modern)
rue Norman
rua Old Portuguese
rua Old Occitan
rua Old Spanish

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