rubric
‘directions in a liturgical book for participation in religious services often written in red ink’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. rebrike, robryk, rubryke, rubrike, rubricke, rubrique < O.F. rubrique, rubriche ‘rubric, title’ < Lat. rubrica ‘red ochre, red colouring matter’ < ruber ‘red’ < roo < reudh- < Tamil ar