Where does “rile” come from?

Rile derives from Middle French rouiller, Old French rouil, Vulgar Latin robicula, Latin robigo meaning rust or decay, ultimately from Latin rufus meaning red.

rile (English): to make angry; to stir or move from a state of...

Definitions

  1. to make angry; to stir or move from a state of...

Ancestry of “rile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroilTo render turbid by stirring up the dregs or...
2Middle Frenchrouillerto rust
3Old Frenchrouilrust
4Vulgar Latinrobicula—
5Latinrōbīgōrust
6Latinrōbusred
7Proto-Italicrouβos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic rouβos →Every word from Latin rōbus →