red
—
heading, title
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme | rubrica | |
Meaning 1 | red ochre (as a pigment) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | a chapter-heading in a book of law, painted red; meton. the actual chapter in such a word | |
Reference | Glare: 1664 | |
Comment | From ruber 'red'. Latin rubrica borrowed to Italian rubrica, German Rubrik, Old French rubrique, French rubrique Portuguese rubrica, Russian рубрика (rubrika) Spanish rúbrica, Dutch rubriek, English rubric 'heading'. |