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English word rouge comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-, Latin rubere, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (Red.)
*h₁rewdʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
rubere (Latin)
*h₁rudʰrós (Proto-Indo-European)
Red.
*h₁rudʰéh₁ti (Proto-Indo-European)
To be red.
*ruβros (Proto-Italic)
Red.
*ruðēō (Proto-Italic)
rubeo (Latin)
I am red or ruddy.. I grow red, redden; color up, blush.
rubeus (Latin)
Red, reddish (colour).
rouge (Old French)
rouge (Middle French)
Red Red.
rouge (French)
Red (left-wing, socialist). Red (of a red color) Red.
rouge (English)
(ambitransitive) To apply rouge (makeup). Of a reddish pink colour. (Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.. (chemistry, archaic) A [...]