The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥητίνη“resin”
- Latin · derived fromrubeus“red”
- English todayrubiretin
From Latin rubeus (“red”) + Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”).
Words from the same roots
Latinrubeus all →
rougerubasserubicelle
Ancient Greekῥητίνη all →
retinoidreteneretinasphalt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.