The story
- Latin · borrowed fromrūfus“red”
- English todayrufo-
Borrowed from Latin rūfus (“red”), with the standard Latinate -i- euphonic interfix replaced with the Greek -o- interfix due to scientific usage.
Words from the same roots
Latinrūfus all →
Rufusrufousrufiopinrufol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.