Etymology

roun

R1O1U1N1

Today it means: A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered). Full definition →

Middle English roune ← Old English rūn ← Proto-West Germanic *rūnu
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roun · noun1

  1. Proto-Celtic*rūnābor.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*rūnō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*rūnu
  4. Old Englishrūn
  5. Middle Englishroune
  6. English todayroun

From Middle English roun, from Old English rūn, from Proto-Germanic *rūnō; more at round. Doublet of rune and round. The "rune" sense is likely a semantic loan from Old English rūn or one of its Germanic cognate.

roun · verb2

  1. Old English · inherited fromrūnian
  2. Old English · inherited fromrūnian
  3. English todayroun

Inherited from Old English rūnian.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*rūnō all →

rune

Old Englishrūnian all →

round

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.