The story
- Latin · derived fromrōborāre“to strengthen, to confirm”
- English todayroborate
From Latin rōborāre (“to strengthen, to confirm”) + -ate (“forming verbs”), from rōbur (“reddish oak; hardness, strength”) + -āre (“forming verbs”).
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.