[ModelBreaker]

One only need search for the roots of the word “ruthless” to understand how right you are.

OK. I'm stumped. All I get from Webster is 14th century. No language. No history.

[UCANSEE2]

Rue, Ruth

compassion, pity, mercy

Remember the female NASA astronaut that chased down her boyfriend’s other lover, and was going to kill her?

Also, refer to RUTH in the Bible.

A woman without pity, without compassion, without mercy, is ruthless.

Same can be said of men, but IMHO, the term was linked more with women.

Men were ‘vicious’, ‘vindictive’, and ‘maniacal’.