Etymology

roar

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Today it means: To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. Full definition →

Middle English roren ← Old English rārian ← Proto-West Germanic *rairōn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*rey-“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rairōną“to bellow; roar”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rairōn
  4. Old English · inherited fromrārian“to roar; wail; lament”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromroren
  6. English todayroar

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*rey- all →

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