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Where does “rom” come from?

rom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

rom (Norwegian Bokmål): rum; room; space

Definitions

  1. rum; room; space

Ancestry of “rom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrumA distilled spirit derived from fermented cane...
2Ottoman Turkishروم—
3ArabicرُومByzantines
4Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
5Ancient GreekῬωμανία—
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “rom”

  • pusterom
  • bagasjerom
  • rommelig
  • romme
  • maskinrom
  • baderom
  • mellomrom
  • soverom
  • tidsrom
  • hulrom
  • romsonde
  • klasserom
  • lasterom
  • motorrom
  • luftrom
  • mellomromstast
  • verdensrom
  • albuerom
  • romskip
  • romstasjon
  • romlig
  • romtemperatur
  • romtid
  • styrerom
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