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Where does “rutilaunt” come from?

rutilaunt (Middle English) comes from Latin rutilāns, from Latin rutilo, from Latin rutilus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rutilaunt (Middle English): shining with a gold or red colour

Definitions

  1. shining with a gold or red colour

Ancestry of “rutilaunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrutilāns—
2LatinrutiloI redden
3Latinrutilusred; strawberry blonde
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rutilaunt”

  • rutilant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →