Etymology

roomy

R1O1O1M3Y4

Today it means: Spacious, expansive, comfortable. Full definition →

English room ← Middle English roum ← Old English rūm
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)rewH-
  3. Proto-Germanic*rūmą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*rūm
  5. Old Englishrūm
  6. Middle Englishroum
  7. Englishroom
  8. English todayroomy

From room + -y.

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