Proto-Indo-European

*h₁rewdʰ-

‘red’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

54 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-, most familiar first.

• red ← rēad ← *raud ← *raudaz ← *h₁rowdʰós
• ruby ← rubi ← rubīnus ← rubeus ← rubeō
• rust ← *rustaz ← *rudʰso-
• reddish ← redisch ← red ← rēad ← *raud
• rowan ← ron
• rouse ← rous ← rous ← ros ← russus
• russel ← roussel ← russulus ← russus ← *russos
• roux ← ros ← russus ← *russos ← *h₁rudʰ-tós
• ruddy ← rody ← rudiġ ← rudu
• redness ← reednes ← rēadnes ← rēad ← *raud
• corroborate ← corrōborātus ← corrōborō ← rōborō ← rōbur
• rubric ← rubriche ← rubrique ← rūbrīca ← ruber

More words from *h₁rewdʰ-

• roan
• rubella
• russet
• rufous
• erythema
• robusta
• erythematosus
• rud
• ruddock
• erythritol
• roble
• rubicund
• rufescent
• erythronium
• erythrosine
• erubescent
• erubescite
• erubescence
• erythrin
• indirubin
• roborate
• roborative
• roborant
• rohu
• roboreous
• rutilant
• rubellite
• rubor
• rubricate
• rubedo
• rufiopin
• rufol
• rubedinous
• rubiacin
• rubian
• rubiform
• rubicelle
• rubrocurcumin
• rubrous
• rubine
• sphagnorubin
• xerocomorubin

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-