English
rubrical
From rubric + -al.
Formed from rubric + -al
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’
Latin ruber ‘red’
Latin rūbrīca ‘red ochre’
Old French rubrique ‘red clay’
Middle English rubriche ‘a heading, header, rubric’
English rubric
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric.
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Etymograph / rubrical