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- Latin · derived fromruīna“overthrow, ruin”
- Old French · derived fromruine
- Middle English · derived fromruyne
- English todayruin
From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“to fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.