The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁rewdʰ-
- Latin · derived fromrūbrīca“red ochre”
- Old French · derived fromrubrique
- Middle English · inherited fromrubriche
- English todayrubric
From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.