roof.
robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Meaning & usage
robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch roof, from Old Dutch *rōf, *rouf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.
scab (on a wound)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch rōve. Cognate with Old High German ruf (Luxembourgish Roff), Old Norse hrufa (English dandruff). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krewp-.
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