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Where does “rōbus” come from?

rōbus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic rouβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Ancestry of “rōbus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicrouβos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →