ruby

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a deep red precious stone, a variety of corundum

   The ring held a small ruby between two diamonds.

2. 2
   noun

   a deep vivid red color

   The sunset faded from orange into ruby.

3. 3
   noun

   the Ruby programming language, used especially for web applications

   The backend was written in Ruby with Rails.

4. 4
   adj

   deep red in color

   She wore ruby earrings that matched her scarf.

Simplified etymology

Ruby came into Middle English through French from Latin rubinus, the name of the gemstone, ultimately from Latin rubeus, “red.” The related word rubric traces to Latin rubrica, referring to red earth or ochre used for writing and then to text written in red ink.

From Middle English ruby, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubinus, connected with Latin rubeus (red).

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