Etymology · Middle English
*rode
5 English words descend from Middle English *rode, most common first.
- roadA way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
- Rhodefor a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named.
- RhodesAn island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
- roodA crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
- roydA forest clearing.