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Where does “rubrique” come from?

rubrique (French) comes from Middle French rubrique, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rubrique (French): category, heading; rubric

Definitions

  1. category, heading; rubric

Ancestry of “rubrique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrubrique—
2Old Frenchrubriquered clay; title of a chapter
3Latinrubrīca—
4Latinruberred ; ruddy
5Proto-Italicruðrosred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rudʰrósred
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
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