Where does “rutilans” come from?
rutilans (Latin) comes from Latin rutilo, from Latin rutilus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.
Ancestry of “rutilans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rutilo | I redden |
| 2 | Latin | rutilus | red; strawberry blonde |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |