Etymograph

English

redface

From red + face, based on earlier blackface.

A compound of red + face

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 *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Today it means

noun A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor reddens the face in order to portray a Native American.

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

Etymograph / redface