Where does “rubefacio” come from?
rubefacio (Latin) comes from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
rubefacio (Latin): I make red or ruddy; redden
Definitions
- I make red or ruddy; redden
Ancestry of “rubefacio”, step by step
rubefacio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin faciō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 2 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin rubeō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | rubeō | to be red or ruddy |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | ruðēō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rudʰéh₁ti | to be red |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |