English
Red Ken
From Red + Ken, due to his strong socialist beliefs and progressive policies.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-
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Proto-Germanic *raudaz
Proto-West Germanic *raud
Old English rēad
Middle English red ‘red’
English Red
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to know’
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Proto-West Germanic *kannijan ‘to know, be aware of’
Old English cunnan ‘to become acquainted with, to know’
Old English cennan ‘make known, declare, acknowledge’
Middle English kennen ‘to make known’
English Ken
Today it means
name A nickname for Ken Livingstone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Red Ken