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red OE. rēad = OS. rōd (Du. rood), OHG. rōt (G. rot), ON. rauðr, Goth. rauþs :- Gmc. *rauðaz :- IE. *roudhos. f. base repr. also by Skr. rudhirá-, Gr. eruthrós, L. rūfus, ruber, OIr. ruadh, W. rhudd, OSl. rudū, Lith. raūdas comp. redbreast, red deer, red herring, red lead. XV, redstart song-bird having a red tail. XVI (OE. steort tail).
Hence redden vb. XVII (-EN3), reddish XIV (-ISH1).

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