Where does “roar” come from?
Roar comes from Middle English roren, from Old English rārian, from Proto-Germanic rairāną, from Proto-Indo-European rey-.
roar (English): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain,...
Definitions
- To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain,...
Ancestry of “roar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | roren | — |
| 2 | French | Laurent | — |
| 3 | Old French | Lorenz | — |
| 4 | Latin | Laurentius | Laurence; Laurente |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “roar”