dusty · adjective, noun1
- Old English · inherited fromdūstiġ
- Middle English · inherited fromdusty
- English todaydusty
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).
Dusty · proper noun2
Derived from Dustin.
Dusty · proper noun3
Derived from dusty, from the tendency of persons engaged in the milling of flour to become covered with flour dust.
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