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Etymology of Ruse

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥοῦς (rhoûs)der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰ-tós Proto-Italic *russos Latin russusder.? Proto-Slavic *rusъder.? Thraciander.? Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)bor. English

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia. · A city in northeastern Bulgaria. · A municipality of Ruse Province, Bulgaria. · A province in Bulgaria.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥοῦς (rhoûs)der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰ-tós Proto-Italic *russos Latin russusder.? Proto-Slavic *rusъder.? Thraciander.? Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)bor. English Ruse Borrowed from Bulgarian Русе (Ruse).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A surname. · A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Ruse.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse. * As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse. * As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).

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