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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ferrūgō (“iron rust”), from ferrum (“iron”).
Noun
ferrugo (uncountable)
- (phytopathology) rust (plant disease).
References
Latin
Etymology
From ferrum (“iron”) + -ūgō.
Pronunciation
Noun
ferrūgō f (genitive ferrūginis); third declension
- rust (or the colour), specifically iron-rust or its colour
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- Gallo-Italic:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- Borrowings:
See also
References
- “ferrugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferrugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferrugo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ferrugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ferrūgō” on page 691/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ferrugo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 470
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ferrugo”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 245