rue

Rue (plant)

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hrēow ("sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance"), from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu ("pain, sadness, regret, repentance").
  • From Middle English rewen, ruwen, ruen, reowen, from Old English hrēowan, perhaps influenced by Old Norse hryggja, from Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną.
  • Image:Ruta chalepensis11.jpg|120px|thumb|Rue (plant)
  • From Middle English rue, from Anglo-Norman ruwe, Old French rue, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή.

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