English
rutilate
Rutilate comes from Latin rutilō ‘to redden’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErutilō‘to redden’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803rutilate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErutilō‘to redden’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803rutilate
Earliest quotation: 1803, The Philosophical Magazine:: “concentrated and rutilating nitrous acid”.
Every English word from Latin rutilō
Today it means
verb To shine; to emit rays of light.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rutilō / rutilate