Rust
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English
Etymology 1
- 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.
Proper noun
Rust (plural Rusts)
- A surname.
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rust is the 2967th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12086 individuals. Rust is most common among White (93.79%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rust”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
Graydon Hoare, who initiated the language, has stated that it was possibly named after rust fungi and may be related to robust.
Proper noun
Rust
- (computer languages) A multiparadigm programming language focused on safety, especially safe concurrency.
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German
Etymology
- As a Swiss German surname, from Middle High German rust, from Old High German ruost (“elm tree”), from earlier *rus-tro, perhaps corrupted from Proto-Germanic *elmaz.
- 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.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Rust m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rusts or (with an article) Rust, feminine genitive Rust, plural Rusts)
- a surname
Proper noun
Rust n (proper noun, genitive Rusts or (optionally with an article) Rust)
- A municipality of Burgenland, Austria
- A municipality of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rust”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Schrader, O., Jevons, F. B. (1890). Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples: A Manual of Comparative Philology and the Earliest Culture. Being the "Sprachvergleichung und Urgeschichte" of Dr. O. Schrader. India: C. Griffin, p. 274