Etymology of the English word rubric
the English word
rubricderived from the Old French word
rubriquederived from the Latin word
rubrica (red earth; red ocher; a law with its title written in red)
derived from the Latin word
ruber (red, ruddy, painted red)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*reudh-Date
The earliest known usage of rubric in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
rubrical,
rubricianCognates
Dutch
rubriek, French
rubrique, German
Rubrik, Italian
rubrica, Lithuanian
rubrika, Norwegian
rubrikk, Russian
pyбpикa, Spanish
rubrica, Swedish
rubrik, Yiddish
rubrikUsage
Word found in Modern English
