English
rubescent
Rubescent comes from Latin rubescens ‘reddening’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubescens‘reddening’
- Englishearliest quotation 1919rubescent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErubescens‘reddening’
- Englishearliest quotation 1919rubescent
Earliest quotation: 1919, Christopher Morley, Again the Narrative is Retarded: “Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy…”
Equivalent to rubeō + -escent
The story
Attested since at least 1730, from Latin rubescens, present participle of rubescere.
Every English word from Latin rubescens
Today it means
adj turning red; reddening
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rubescens / rubescent