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- Latin · derived fromerubescens
- English todayerubescent
18th century. From Latin erubescens, present participle of erubescere (“to grow red”); e (“out”) + rubescere. See rubescent. By surface analysis, e- + Latin rub(eō) + -escent.
Words from the same roots
Latinerubescens all →
erubescence
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.