English
robust
Robust comes from Latin rōbustus ‘hard, firm, solid, robust’, and goes back to rōbus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErōbus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErōbustus‘hard, firm, solid, robust’
- Englishearliest quotation 1869robust
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErōbus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErōbustus‘hard, firm, solid, robust’
- Englishearliest quotation 1869robust
Earliest quotation: 1869, Anthony Trollope: “She was stronger, larger, more robust physically than he…”
Every English word from Latin rōbus
Today it means
adj Able to withstand adverse conditions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rōbus / robust