英语词汇ruby的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ruby
词源	ruby [ME] Via French this is the English form of rubinus, the Latin name of the precious stone. This comes from rubeus ‘red’. This is also the source of rubric [LME] which goes back to Latin rubrica (terra) ‘red (earth or ochre as writing material)’, from the fact that rubrics were originally written in red ink.
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