Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ru-bor
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

redness, one of the main signs of inflammation

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti Proto-Italic *ruðēō Latin rubeō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin ruborbor. English rubor Borrowed from Latin rubor.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

inflammation redness

Questions

What does rubor mean?: redness, one of the main signs of inflammation
Where does rubor come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti Proto-Italic *ruðēō Latin rubeō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin ruborbor. English rubor Borrowed from Latin rubor.

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