Rubicund
/ˈruːbɪkənd/noun
Having a healthy red color; ruddy.
Did you know?Its Latin ancestor *rubicundus* is built on *ruber* (“red”), the same root behind *ruby* and *rubric*, because red once marked both sacred ritual text and the color of life itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reudh-
“to be red, reddish”
Latin
Latin
ruber
“red”
Latin
Latin
rubicundus
“reddish, ruddy”
Late Latin
Latin
rubicundus
“red-faced, flushed”
Middle English
English
rubicund
“ruddy, reddish”
Modern English
English
rubicund
“having a healthy red color; ruddy”