Reconstruction:Latin/gruo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewH- (“to rush in, attack”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χράω (khráō, “to attack, inflict”), Lithuanian griáuti (“to destroy”), griū́ti (“to crumble”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*gruere

  1. to rush

Derived terms

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  • congruō (“to unite, correspond, agree”)
  • ingruō (“to attack, assail”)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-gruō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
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