Where does “Rūm” come from?

Rūm (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic Rūmō, from Latin Rōma — Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma").

Rūm (Old English): spacious, roomy

Definitions

  1. spacious, roomy

Ancestry of “Rūm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicRūmōRome
2LatinRōmaRome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")
Every word from Latin Rōma →