Etymology

antired

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Today it means: One of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to red in a quark. Full definition →

English red ← Middle English red ← Old English rēad
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rowdʰós
  9. Proto-Germanic*raudaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*raud
  11. Old Englishrēad
  12. Middle Englishred
  13. Englishred
  14. English todayantired

From anti- + red.

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