Etymograph

English

rubricate

Rubricate comes from Latin rubricatus ‘red’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-1‘red’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErūbrīca2‘red ochre’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubricō3as rubricare, past participle‘to colour red’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubricatus3‘red’
  5. Englishtodayrubricate3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin rubrica
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin rubrico
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English rubricate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-Wiktionary, Latin rubrica‘red’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErūbrīcaWiktionary, Latin rubrico‘red ochre’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubricōWiktionary, English rubricateas rubricare, past participle‘to colour red’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubricatusWiktionary, English rubricate‘red’
  5. EnglishtodayrubricateWiktionary, English rubricate

Linked words

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

red, ruby, rust, reddish, rowan, rouse, roux, redness, russel, ruddy, roan, corroborate, russet, erythema, robusta, rufous, rubella, rud, ruddock, 34 more

Today it means

adj Marked with red.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rubricate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin rubrica, Latin rubrico. 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- / rubricate

Shirt and support for this word