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rutul-us, Nbnschrbws rutilus /.[1]
▷ rutil-us uit.-lat. '
blond'
On the traditional view an unexplained derivation from
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), whence also
rubeō,
ruber,
rōbus,
rōbur,
rūfus,
russus.
[1]More recently, Prósper cites Schaffner 2016–2017 in seeing it as continuing Proto-Indo-European *h₂ruti-, from *h₂rew- (“to shine”), whence also the gentilic name Rutīlius, the tribal name Rutēnī, Venetic Rutius (patronymic) and Old Irish ruithen (“a gleam, shining”).[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
rutilus (feminine rutila, neuter rutilum); first/second-declension adjective
- of a warm or yellowish red colour, ruddy
- strawberry blonde
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms