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ruby (n.)
c.1300, from Old French
rubi
(12c.), from Medieval Latin
rubinus lapis
"red stone" (cf. Italian
rubino
), from Latin
rubeus
"red," related to
ruber
(see
red
). Modern French
rubis
is not eexplained; Klein suggests a plural mistaken for singular.
