roo

roo · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*h₁reh₁-“to rest; quiet”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rōō“quiet, rest”
3. Old English · inherited fromrō
4. Middle English · inherited fromroo
5. English todayroo

From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).

roo · noun²

Apheretic form of kangaroo.

Words from the same roots