Where does “roer” come from?
roer (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese roer, from Latin rodere, from Latin rodo, from Proto-Indo-European rōd-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
roer (Portuguese): to gnaw
Ancestry of “roer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | roer | — |
| 2 | Latin | rodere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | rodo | I gnaw, nibble, bite; eat or waste away, corrode,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | rōd- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |
Words derived from “roer”