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2 : the period of time during which rut occurs : breeding season. rut
Which of these words comes from a Latin term meaning "track" or `rut"? Orbit, path, circulate or route? The answer here is orbit, which usually ...
15c., from Old French rut, ruit, from Late Latin rugitum (nominative rugitus) "a bellowing,
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The word rut goes back to the Latin past participle rupta, meaning
1A long, deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many
Rut meaning
rut, from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus, from *rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.] .
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