Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “roke” come from?

roke (Middle English) comes from Old Norse rauk.

roke (Middle English): fog, vapour, cloud

Definitions

  1. fog, vapour, cloud

Ancestry of “roke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserauk—

Words derived from “roke”

  • rook
  • rookery
  • rooky
  • roke
  • roky
  • rooker
  • rooklike
  • rookless
  • 룩
Every word from Old Norse rauk →