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Where does “rúbrica” come from?

rúbrica (Spanish) comes from Latin rubrīca, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rúbrica (Spanish): signature, initialing; title, heading; section;...

Definitions

  1. signature, initialing; title, heading; section;...

Ancestry of “rúbrica”, step by step

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