Ruous
/ˈruː.əs/noun
Characterized by or tending toward ruin; ruinous.
Did you know?“Ruous” is a rare English adjective formed from “ruin,” whose ancestry reaches back to Latin ruere, meaning “to fall” or “rush headlong.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*rewh-
“To rush, move violently, or fall forward; the reconstructed ancestor associated with Latin ruere.”
Classical Latin
Latin
ruere
“To fall, collapse, rush, or charge headlong.”
Classical Latin
Latin
ruīna
“A fall, collapse, or ruin; later, the remains of a collapsed structure.”
Old French
Old French
ruine
“Ruin, destruction, or the remains of a destroyed building.”
Middle English
English
ruin
“Destruction, collapse, or a fallen building.”
Modern English
English
ruous
“Ruinous; tending to cause or embody ruin, chiefly in rare or literary usage.”