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Where does “rufesco” come from?
rufesco (Latin) comes from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.
rufesco
(Latin): I redden
Definitions
I redden
Ancestry of “rufesco”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
-ēscō
Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
2
Proto-Italic
*-ēskō
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Words derived from “rufesco”
rufescent
rufescens
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