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English word ruin comes from Proto-Italic *rowō, and later Latin ruina (A falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction. Ruins, debris.)
*rowō (Proto-Italic)
ruo (Latin)
I cast down; I hurl to the ground.. I collapse, fall down.. I fail, fall.. I hurry, rush, hasten, move quickly.
ruina (Latin)
A falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction. Ruins, debris.
ruine (Old French)
Ruin (remnant of something that has been damaged or destroyed).
ruine (Middle English)
ruin (English)
(transitive) to cause the fiscal ruin of.. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.. To destroy or make something no longer usable.. To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil. (countable, sometimes, in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.. (obsolete) A fall or [...]