Where does “rouille” come from?
rouille (French) comes from Old French reoïlle, from Vulgar Latin robicla, from Latin robicula, from Latin rōbīgō, from Latin rōbus, from Proto-Italic rouβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.
rouille (French): rust; rouille
Ancestry of “rouille”, step by step
Words derived from “rouille”