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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
ex- (“out”) + rūgō (“to wrinkle, to crease”). The root is denominal of Latin rūga (“crease, fold, plait, wrinkle, corrugation”).
Verb
ērūgō (present infinitive ērūgāre, perfect active ērūgāvī, supine ērūgātum); first conjugation
- to clear of wrinkles, to smooth
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Etymology 2
ex- (“out”) + *rūgō (“to belch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg-.
Verb
ērūgō (present infinitive ērūgere, perfect active *ērūxī, supine ēructum); third conjugation
- to belch out
- Synonym: rūctō
Usage notes
The perfect stem, *ērūxī, is unattested.
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Old Spanish
Etymology
Masculine form of eruga, from Latin erūca. Compare culuebra and culuebro.
Pronunciation
Noun
erugo m (plural erugos)
- caterpillar, worm
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 50r:Qvando ouiere fambre en la tierra omortalidat. o enfermedat oq̃ado ouiere mal de enfermedat. o langoſta. o erugo. q̃nt fuere q̃l aq̃xare ſo enemigo. enla tr̃a oen las cibdades. Nulla plaga o nulla malaptia […]- Should there be famine in the land or great dying or sickness, or should there be the ill of sickness, or locusts or caterpillars, should their enemy threaten them in the land or in the cities, whatever plague or whatever malady,
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