rust

rust · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁rewdʰ-“red”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*rudʰso-“red”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rustaz“rust”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rust
5. Old English · inherited fromrust
6. Middle English · inherited fromrust
7. English todayrust

From Middle English rust, rost, roust, from Old English rust, rūst (“rust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Cognate with Scots roust (“rust”), Saterland Frisian rust (“rust”), West Frisian roast (“rust”), Dutch roest (“rust”), German Rost (“rust”), Danish rust (“rust”), Swedish rost (“rust”), Norwegian rust, ryst (“rust”), Finnish ruoste, Estonian rooste. Related to red.

rust · verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromrusten
2. English todayrust

From Middle English rusten, from the noun (see above).

Rust · proper noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rustaz
2. Old English · derived fromrust“red, ruddy”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rastō“rest, pause”
4. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*rastu
5. Old Saxon · derived fromrasta
6. Middle Low German · derived fromruste
7. English todayRust

* As an Alemannic German surname, from Rust * As a German surname, from Middle Low German ruste, from Old Saxon rasta, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō (“rest, pause”). * As an English and Scots surname, from Old English rust (“red, ruddy”), from Proto-Germanic *rustaz.

Rust · proper noun⁴

Graydon Hoare, who initiated the language, has stated that it was possibly named after rust fungi and may be related to robust.

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