Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Marked or corroded by rust. · Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown. · Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. · Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
From Middle English rusty, from Old English rūstiġ (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to rust + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rusterch (“rusty”), West Frisian rustich, roastich (“rusty”), Dutch roestig (“rusty”), German Low German rusterig, rüsterig (“rusty”), German rostig (“rusty”), Swedish rostig (“rusty”).
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- Inherited-form mentionrustyenm
- Inherited-form mentionrūstiġang · rusty
- Inherited-form mention*rustagazgem-pro · rusty
- Word-formation componentrusten
- Word-formation component-yen
- Cognate mentionrusterchstq · rusty
- Cognate mentionrustichfy
- Cognate mentionroestignl · rusty
- Cognate mentionrostigde · rusty
- Cognate mentionrostigsv · rusty
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