Etymology

rude

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Today it means: Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous. Full definition →

Middle English rude ← Old French rude ← Latin rudis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrudis“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”
  2. Old French · derived fromrude
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrude
  4. English todayrude

From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).

Words from the same roots

Latinrudis all →

rudist

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