Etymology

rubbery

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency. Full definition →

English rubber ← Middle English rubben ← Proto-West Germanic *rubbōn?
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  1. Proto-Germanic*rubbōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*rubbōn?
  3. Middle Englishrubben
  4. Englishrub
  5. Englishrubber
  6. English todayrubbery

From rubber + -y.

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