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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

  1. I make red or ruddy; redden

Ancestry of “rubefacio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciō—
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōrius—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “rubefacio”

  • rubefacient
  • rubefaciens
  • rubefactus
  • rubefaciendus
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