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rut (s), ruts (pl) (nouns)
Etymology: from Middle French route, "way"; from Vulgar Latin rupta (via), literally "a broken way".
—Dr. Ernest Klein,
A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language,
Elsevier Publishing Company, New York, 1966.
This entry is located in the following unit: rupt-, -rupting, -ruption (page 6)