Words that come from Old English “rūh”
51 words across 5 languages descend from Old English rūh — including rough, roughly, roughness, rougher, roughshod, roughage, roughen, roughneck.
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English (39)
- rough
- roughly
- roughness
- rougher
- roughshod
- roughage
- roughen
- roughneck
- roughish
- roughcast
- roughhead
- microroughness
- roughie
- roughrider
- roughriding
- roughhew
- microrough
- nanoroughness
- roughspun
- unrough
- roughscuff
- roughdrawn
- macroroughness
- roughdry
- ruffmans
- nonrough
- roughtail
- roughleg
- roughishly
- roughishness
- roughwork
- rough-and-tumble
- rough-legged buzzard
- unroughly
- nonroughage
- roughsome
- nanorough
- macrorough
- rough-hew