English
rubedinous
Rubedinous comes from Latin rubēdō ‘redness’, from rubeō ‘to be red, ruddy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-1‘red’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rudʰéh₁ti1‘to be red’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ruðēō1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubeō2‘to be red, ruddy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubēdō2‘redness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845rubedinous2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin rubeo
- 2 Wiktionary, English rubedinous
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1845, Moses Stuart: “rain of rubedinous aspect”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-Wiktionary, Latin rubeo‘red’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rudʰéh₁tiWiktionary, Latin rubeo‘to be red’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ruðēōWiktionary, Latin rubeoreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubeōWiktionary, English rubedinous‘to be red, ruddy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubēdōWiktionary, English rubedinous‘redness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845rubedinousWiktionary, English rubedinous. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1845, Moses Stuart: “rain of rubedinous aspect”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’
red, rust, rowan, reddish, corroborate, ruddy, roux, redness, rouse, roan, russel, rubric, erythema, russet, robusta, rubella, ruddock, rufous, 33 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti ‘to be red’
through Latin rubeō ‘to be red, ruddy’
Today it means
adj reddish
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rubedinous”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin rubeo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- / rubedinous