Rust

See also: rust, růst, rüst, and rúst

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)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Rustburg

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rust is the 2967^th 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 City: 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

2. (computer languages) A multiparadigm programming language focused on safety, especially safe concurrency.
   • 2019, Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols, The Rust Programming Language, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page xxvi:

     In Rust, the compiler plays a gatekeeper role by refusing to compile code with these elusive bugs, including concurrency bugs.

Derived terms

• Rustacean

Anagrams

• RTUs, UTRs, ruts, stur, turs

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)

1. a surname

Proper noun

Rust n (proper noun, genitive Rusts or (optionally with an article) Rust)

1. A municipality of Burgenland, Austria
2. A municipality of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rust”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: 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