Etymograph

English

rubify

Rubify comes from French rubéfier.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentrubéfier1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1387–1400rubify1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rubify
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, (please specify the story via the 'title' parameter): “waters rubifying”.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentrubéfierWiktionary, English rubify
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1387–1400rubifyWiktionary, English rubify. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, (please specify the story via the 'title' parameter): “waters rubifying”

Every English word from French rubéfier

Today it means

verb to make red; to cause to redden

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rubify”. 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.

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