Rust

Meaning

a surname

Concepts

Frequency

48k
Etymology

* As a Swiss German surname, from Middle High German rust, from Old High German ruost (“elm tree”), from earlier *rus-tro (compare *rustaz (“rust, rust-colored”)). * As a north German surname, from Middle Low German ruste, from Old Saxon rasta, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, related to the English etymology above.

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