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Asked on April 3, 2021 in Meaning.
Taking a look at several languages (Basque, Catalan, Italian, Esperanto, Romanish etc) as well as original Latin I would say “grooved”. A ruga is a wrinkle or furrow (implying a worn-in depression) from the Latin, so for me the most apposite meaning for an arruginated key indicates a key worn with use so as to develop grooves, though it could also mean that the metal had developed a bumpy texture due to
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