Etymology

rubellite

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Today it means: A red to violet variety of tourmaline used as a gemstone. Full definition →

Latin rubellus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrubellus“reddish”
  2. English todayrubellite

From Latin rubellus (“reddish”) + -ite.

Words from the same roots

Latinrubellus all →

rubella

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