russet
‘a coarse reddish-brown cloth’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. russeþ, russyt, russette < O.F. rousset < rosset ‘reddish’ < ros, rous ‘red’ < Lat. russus, related to ruber ‘red’ < ruh < reudh- < Tamil ar
russet
English words derived from Tamil ar connoting ‘red’