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Where does “rustic” come from?

Rustic comes from Latin rusticus, derived from Proto-Italic rowestikos and rowos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European Hrewos and the root rewh₁-.

rustic (English): Country-styled or pastoral; rural; Unfinished or...

Definitions

  1. Country-styled or pastoral; rural; Unfinished or...

Ancestry of “rustic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrustiquerustic
2Latinrusticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined,...
3Proto-Italicrowestikosrural, rustic
4Proto-Italicrowoscountry, countryside, open land
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewosopen space, field
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rustic”

  • rusticity
  • rusticate
  • rustically
  • rusticism
  • rusticator
  • unrustic
  • rusticness
  • rusticly
  • rusticise
  • nonrustic
  • rusticize
  • rusticization
  • rustique
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