rustiness

rustiness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English rusty
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English rustiness

    From rusty + -ness.

    Noun

    rustiness (uncountable)

    1. The state of being rusty.
      • 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
        Southgate's team, playing their first game since the 4-0 win in Kosovo in November, showed understandable rustiness

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