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Where does “rubrique” come from?

rubrique (Old French) comes from Latin rubrīca, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rubrique (Old French): red clay; title of a chapter

Definitions

  1. red clay; title of a chapter

Ancestry of “rubrique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrubrīca—
2Latinruberred ; ruddy
3Proto-Italicruðrosred
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rudʰrósred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rubrique”

  • rubric
  • rubrical
  • rubrication
  • rubrician
  • rubricist
  • rubricity
  • irrubrical
  • rubrik
  • rubrich
  • rúibric
  • fo-rúibric
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