rot

German (Berlin)

/roːt/

adj
Definitions
  • red colour
  • (politics) red; pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense; social democratic; socialist; communist
  • (possibly mildly) red-haired
  • (historical) redskin; Native American; Indian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German rōt (red, red-haired) inherited from Old High German rōt (purple-red, red, yellow-red, brown-red, scarlet) inherited from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (red) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós (red thing), *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁rewdʰ-

Gloss

red

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

赤

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