English
rubywood
From ruby + wood.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’
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Latin rubeus ‘red’
Medieval Latin rubīnus ‘carbuncle, ruby’
Old French rubi
Middle English ruby ‘a ruby’
English ruby
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’
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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’
Old English widu
Old English wudu ‘wood’
Middle English wode ‘wood’
English wood
Today it means
noun red sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rubywood”. 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 / rubywood