English
Zeerust
Zeerust may come from Dutch rust ‘rest’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentrust‘rest’uncertain
- EnglishtodayZeerust
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentrust‘rest’uncertain
- EnglishtodayZeerust
The story
A shortening of Coetzee('s) Rust, Coetzee being a surname. Rust is probably from Dutch rust (‘rest’).
Every English word from Dutch rust
Today it means
name A town in the province of North West, South Africa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch rust / Zeerust