Rust

Meaning

Proper Noun

Origin

  • 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.
  • As an English and Scots surname, from Old English rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz.

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