Etymograph

English

rubicelle

Rubicelle comes from Latin rubeus ‘red, reddish’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-1‘red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rudʰéh₁ti1‘to be red’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ruðēō1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubeō1‘to be red or reddish’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubeus2‘red, reddish’
  6. Englishtodayrubicelle2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin rubeus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English rubicelle

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-Wiktionary, Latin rubeus‘red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rudʰéh₁tiWiktionary, Latin rubeus‘to be red’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ruðēōWiktionary, Latin rubeusreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubeōWiktionary, Latin rubeus‘to be red or reddish’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubeusWiktionary, English rubicelle‘red, reddish’
  6. EnglishtodayrubicelleWiktionary, English rubicelle

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’

red, rust, reddish, rowan, rouse, roux, redness, corroborate, ruddy, roan, russel, russet, erythema, robusta, rufous, rubric, ruddock, rubella, 33 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti ‘to be red’

rud, 10 more

through Latin rubeus ‘red, reddish’

rouge, ruby, 4 more

Today it means

noun An orange-red spinel.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rubicelle”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin rubeus. 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- / rubicelle

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