Etymograph

English

rustiness

From rusty + -ness.

A compound of rusty + -ness

Proto-Germanic *rustagaz

Old English rūstiġ

Middle English rusty ‘rusty, rusted’

English rusty

Today it means

noun The state of being rusty.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rustiness”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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