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Where does “rouba” come from?

rouba (Frankish) comes from Proto-West Germanic raub, from Proto-Germanic raubō, from Proto-Indo-European reup- — to break; to tear, peel.

Ancestry of “rouba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicraubrape, pillage, robbery; that which is stolen,...
2Proto-Germanicraubōrift
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreup-to break; to tear, peel

Words derived from “rouba”

  • robe
  • robes
  • bathrobe
  • unrobe
  • enrobe
  • nightrobe
  • laprobe
  • enrober
  • bedrobe
  • bathrobed
  • underrobe
  • robelike
  • overrobe
  • robeless
  • robemaker
  • robemaking
  • robe
  • roobe
  • robbe
  • robes
  • robbe
  • reube
  • robe
  • ròb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reup- →