# russet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹʌsɪt/ · frequency rank #56,415

## Definitions
1. A reddish-brown color.
2. A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
3. A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
4. A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

## Etymology
From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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