RUST - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Adjective
of the brown color of rust
📖 Fun Facts About Rust
- • Rust happens when iron reacts with oxygen and water, turning metal into a reddish powder.
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi
Categories: Plant disease
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Verb
become coated with oxide
Categories: Oxidise, Oxidize, Oxidate
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Noun
any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
Categories: Fungus
Synonyms
Eat, Rust-brown, Rusty, Corrode, Rust fungus
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "rust" comes from Middle English rusten. It started in Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Then it appeared in Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso-. Later, people used it in Proto-Germanic *rustaz. After that, it was Proto-West Germanic *rust. Over time, it became Old English rust. Finally, it reached Middle English rust. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Scots: roust
- Saterland Frisian: rust
- West Frisian: roast
- Dutch: roest
- German: Rost
- Danish: rust
- Swedish: rost
- Norwegian: rust
🔗 Related Words
red – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.