köken: From Middle High German rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
köken: Inherited from Middle French rubrique, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”) the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”).
From Middle Dutch rubrike (“red pigment”), from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.