Etymology

roofing

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Today it means: Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. Full definition →

English roof ← Middle English rofen ← Old English hrōf
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*hrōfą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*hrōf
  3. Old Englishhrōf
  4. Middle Englishrof
  5. Middle Englishrofen
  6. Englishroof
  7. English todayroofing

From roof + -ing (“material, collection”).

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