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roof.

robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/roːf/
  1. robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine

    masculine
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.

noun/roːf/
  1. scab (on a wound)

    feminine · no-diminutive · uncountable
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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