Etymology

rufous

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Today it means: of a reddish colour Full definition →

Latin rūfus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromrūfus“red”
  2. English todayrufous

From Latin rūfus (“red”).

Words from the same roots

Latinrūfus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.