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English word ruby comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-, Latin -inus, Latin rubere, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (Red.)
*h₁rewdʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
-inus (Latin)
Of or pertaining to; -ine; usually indicates a relationship of position, possession, or origin.
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) Of or pertaining to the bramble bush.
rubinus (Malayalam)
rubinus (Latin)
(Medieval Latin) carbuncle, ruby.
rubin (Jèrriais)
rubin (Old French)
Ruby (gemstone).
ruby (English)
Of a deep red colour. (obsolete) A red spinel.. (uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.. A deep red colour.. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda. (transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.