English
Redfella
Blend of Red (“a Communist”) + goodfella.
A blend of Red ‘a Communist’ + goodfella
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-
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Proto-Germanic *raudaz
Proto-West Germanic *raud
Old English rēad
Middle English red ‘red’
English Red
Today it means
noun A member of the Russian mafia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Redfella