ferrugo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ferrugo (“iron rust”), from ferrum (“iron”).
Noun
ferrugo (uncountable)
- (phytopathology) A disease of plants caused by fungus; rust.
Related terms
- ferruginous
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ferrugo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
ferrum (“iron”) + -ūgō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ferˈruː.ɡoː/, [fɛrˈruːɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ferˈru.ɡo/, [ferˈruːɡo]
Noun
ferrūgō f (genitive ferrūginis); third declension
- rust (or the colour), specifically iron-rust or its colour
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ferrūgō | ferrūginēs |
| Genitive | ferrūginis | ferrūginum |
| Dative | ferrūginī | ferrūginibus |
| Accusative | ferrūginem | ferrūginēs |
| Ablative | ferrūgine | ferrūginibus |
| Vocative | ferrūgō | ferrūginēs |
Descendants
- Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: fruzna
- Lombard: früzan
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: ferruño
- Galician: ferruxe, furruxe
- Portuguese: ferrugem
- ⇒ Spanish: herrugento (“rusty”)
- Italo-Romance:
- ⇒ Sicilian: firrunìa
- Vulgar Latin:
- *ferrīgine
- Catalan: ferritja
- *ferrīgine
- Borrowings:
- → Middle French: ferruge ⇒ ferrugin, ferruginé
- → English: ferrugo ⇒ ferruginous
- → Italian: ferrugine
See also
- ferrūmen
References
- “ferrugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferrugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferrugo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ferrugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “ferrūgō” on page 691/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ferrugo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 470
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “ferrugo”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 245