The story
- Latin · derived fromroboreus“oak, oaken, sturdy”
- English todayroboreous
From Latin roboreus (“oak, oaken, sturdy”), from robur (“reddish oak; strength, hardness”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to roborate + -eous.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.