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- Medieval Latin · derived fromRutheni
- English todayRuthenia
Related to Ruthene, Ruthenian, Ruthenic, from Medieval Latin Rutheni, Ruteni, related to Russi, Ruzi as Prutheni, Pruteni is to Prussi, Pruzi (“Prussians”). Compare Rus, Russ, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ), compare Medieval Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.