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Where does “robar” come from?

robar (Nauruan) comes from English Rover, from English Rove, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula.

robar (Nauruan): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “robar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRoversomeone connected with any number of teams called...
2EnglishRove—
3Englishrōw—
4EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
5Middle Englishrolle—
6Old Frenchrolleregistration
7Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
8Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
9Arabicرَطْل—
10Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
11Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
12Frenchlitrelitre
13Medieval Latinlitra—
14Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
15Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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