Russet
/ˈrʌs.ɪt/noun
A reddish-brown color or a coarse reddish-brown cloth or garment.
Did you know?Russet entered English through Old French as the name of a reddish-brown cloth, and its history shows how color words often began as names for materials, not abstract hues.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reudh-
“to be red, reddish”
Latin
Latin
russus
“red, reddish”
Old French
Old French
rousset
“reddish; russet-colored cloth”
Middle English
English
russet
“a coarse reddish-brown cloth or garment”
Modern English
English
russet
“a reddish-brown color or cloth”