red
Middle English
/rɛːd/
adj
Definitions
- red, crimson, scarlet (in color)
- red pigment
- reddened, dyed red
- blushing, red-faced
- bloody, blood-stained
- ruddy, rosy
- red-haired
- red-clothed, wearing red
- (metal) golden
- (alchemy) causing transmutation into gold
Etymology
Inherited from Old English rēad (red) inherited from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (red) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós (red thing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁rowdʰós
Gloss
red thing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Red China English
- Red Crown English
- Red Hatter English
- Red Sea English
- Redbeard English
- Redbridge English
- Redcastle English
- Redflower English
- antired English
- blood-red English
- blue-red English
- infrared English
- monored English
- nonred English
- red English
- red caviar English
- red geyser English
- red guard English
- red nugget galaxy English
- red state English
- red tide English
- red wolf English
- red-crested pochard English
- red-eye English
- red-green English
- red-haired English
- red-handed English
- red-necked buzzard English
- red-pencil English
- red-shouldered hawk English
- redback English
- redbait English
- redbed English
- redbelly English
- redberry English
- redbird English
- redbone English
- redbreast English
- redbrick English
- redbud English
- redbug English
- redbush English
- redcap English
- redcoat English
- redden English
- reddish English
- reddy English
- redface English
- redfin English
- redfinch English
- redfish English
- redgum English
- redhead English
- redheaded English
- redhorse English
- redleg English
- redline English
- redlink English
- redly English
- redmouth English
- redneck English
- redness English
- rednosed English
- redology English
- redophile English
- redout English
- redpoint English
- redpoll English
- redrimmed English
- redroot English
- redsear English
- redshank English
- redshift English
- redshirt English
- redskin English
- redskirt English
- redsmith English
- redstart English
- redstem English
- redstreak English
- redtail English
- redthroat English
- redtop English
- redtwig English
- redward English
- redwards English
- redware English
- redway English
- redweed English
- redwing English
- redwood English
- redwork English
- redworm English
- semired English
- ultrared English
- unred English
- yellow-red English
- *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁rowdʰós, *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *raudaz Proto-Germanic
- レッド Japanese
- Rēad Sǣ Old English
- bleoread Old English
- geoluread Old English
- readnes Old English
- rēad Old English
- wyrmread Old English
- Rede See Middle English
- rede Middle English
- see Middle English
- rauðr Old Norse
- ruán Galician
- rōt Old High German
- 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *raud gmw-pro
- rot Old Dutch
- rōd Old Dutch
- rōt Old Dutch
- *Hrawdʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- rōd Old Saxon
- *ruovtē Proto-Samic
- rād Old Frisian
- red Volapük
- ret Tok Pisin
- red Bislama