Where does “rutile” come from?

Rutile comes from Latin rutilus, meaning reddish or glowing, derived from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-, the root for red.

rutile (English): The most frequent of the three polymorphs of...

Definitions

  1. The most frequent of the three polymorphs of...

Ancestry of “rutile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrutilusred; strawberry blonde
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rutile

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-Every word from Latin rutilus