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Where does “rouge-gorge” come from?

rouge-gorge (Norman) comes from French rouge-gorge, from French rouge, from Middle French rouge, from Old French roge, from Latin rubeus, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós — red.

rouge-gorge (Norman): robin

Definitions

  1. robin

Ancestry of “rouge-gorge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrouge-gorgerobin, robin redbreast
2Frenchrougered
3Middle Frenchrougered
4Old Frenchrogered
5Latinrubeusred, reddish; of or pertaining to the bramble...
6Latinruberred ; ruddy
7Proto-Italicruðrosred
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rudʰrósred
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
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