The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃rewH-“to shout, to roar”
- Latin · derived fromrūmor“common talk”
- Old French · derived fromrumeur
- Middle English · inherited fromrumour
- English todayrumor
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.