Etymology

staffroom

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Today it means: A room set aside for the use of staff. Full definition →

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

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

From staff + room.

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