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Where does “redder” come from?

Redder comes from English red, which derives from Proto-Germanic raudaz meaning colored, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós and the root kret-.

redder (English): comparative form of red: more red

Definitions

  1. comparative form of red: more red

Ancestry of “redder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRedder—
Every word from German Redder →