Where does “rubricator” come from?
rubricator (English) comes from English OR, from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
rubricator (English): The person who wrote the red titles and headings...
Definitions
- The person who wrote the red titles and headings...
Ancestry of “rubricator”, step by step
rubricator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via English rubricate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rubricate | Marked with red; To write in the form of a... |
| 2 | Latin | Rubricatus | now Llobregat |
| 3 | Latin | rubricare | present active infinitive of rubrīcō;... |
| 4 | Latin | rubrīca | red ochre, ruddle red earth for coloring |
| 5 | Latin | ruber | red approximately like red ochre (which had a traditional status among the Romans); red that was both common and dignified, somewhat associated with pigment |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ruðros | red |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rudʰrós | red |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |