rouge · adjective, noun, verb1
- Latin · derived fromrubeus
- French · borrowed fromrouge
- English todayrouge
Borrowed from French rouge, from Latin rubeus. Compare rare Middle English rouge, rouȝ (“red”); later borrowed again, as it is not attested until c. 1750. The game senses are of unknown origin according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Rouge · proper noun2
- French · borrowed fromRouge
- French · borrowed fromRouge
- English todayRouge
Borrowed from French Rouge.
Words from the same roots
Frenchrouge all →
rouget
Latinrubeus all →
rubasserubicellerubiretin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.