English word origin

Etymology of Ruby

The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.

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name

A female given name. · A surname. · A male given name. · A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed in the 1990s.

noun

A curry; ellipsis of Ruby Murray.

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The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.

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