Where does “ruĝa nano” come from?

ruĝa nano (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ruĝa, from French rouge, from Middle French rouge, from Old French roge, from Latin rubeus, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós — red.

ruĝa nano (Esperanto): red dwarf

Definitions

  1. red dwarf

Ancestry of “ruĝa nano”, step by step

ruĝa nano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto ruĝa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoruĝared red colour
2Frenchrougered
3Middle Frenchrougered
4Old Frenchrogered
5Latinrubeusred, reddish; of or pertaining to the bramble...
6Latinruberred approximately like red ochre (which had a traditional status among the Romans); red that was both common and dignified, somewhat associated with pigment
7Proto-Italicruðrosred
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rudʰrósred
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Esperanto nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonanodwarf
2Latinnānusdwarf
3Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrósEvery word from Proto-Italic ruðros