Where does “rubricabile” come from?
rubricabile (Italian) comes from Italian rubrica, from Latin rubrīca, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.
rubricabile (Italian): that can be recorded in an address book, phone book, archive, etc
Definitions
- that can be recorded in an address book, phone book, archive, etc
Ancestry of “rubricabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rubrica | rubric; notebook; column or page |
| 2 | Latin | rubrīca | red ochre, ruddle red earth for coloring |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ruðros | red |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rudʰrós | red |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |