Simple, rough, and made in a traditional or country style; relating to the countryside rather than cities.
From Latin 'rusticus,' derived from 'rus' (countryside, country estate). The word originally distinguished country people and customs from urban sophistication, a distinction that remains in English.
The word 'rustic' reveals a lasting urban bias in language—it comes from Latin 'rus' (countryside), and for 2,000 years it's meant 'simple' or 'unsophisticated,' showing how city-dwellers have always looked down on country folk!
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