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- Latin · derived fromrōboreus“oaken, sturdy”
- English todayroborean
From Latin rōboreus (“oaken, sturdy”) + -an (“forming adjectives”), from robur (“reddish oak; strength, hardness”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.