Etymograph

English

RedNote

Compound of red + note.

A compound of red + note

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

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Proto-Germanic *raudaz

Proto-West Germanic *raud

Old English rēad

Middle English red ‘red’

English red

Latin nota ‘mark’

Old English not ‘note’

Middle English note

English note

The story

Coined in 2024, but launched in 2013. It should note, however, the actual Chinese name of Little Red Book is actually Hong Bao Shu, not Xiao Hong Shu.

Today it means

name Chinese social networking and e-commerce platform.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / RedNote