robe
Middle English
/ˈrɔːb(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- robe long loose garment:
- (as a plural) The garments an individual is wearing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French robe derived from Frankish *rouba inherited from *raub inherited from Proto-Germanic *raubō (rift, booty) root from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (tear, break, peel, rip).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*Hrewp-
Gloss
tear, break, peel, rip
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedrobe English
- derobe English
- enrobe English
- laprobe English
- nightrobe English
- overrobe English
- riding robe English
- robe English
- robeless English
- robelike English
- robemaker English
- robemaking English
- underrobe English
- unrobe English
- wardrobe English
- abruptus Latin
- corruptus Latin
- disruptus Latin
- eruptus Latin
- interruptus Latin
- irruptus Latin
- rupes Latin
- ruptio Latin
- ruptus, rupta (via) Latin
- ruptus, rupta via Latin
- rūpēs Latin
- rubacchiare Italian
- robe French
- *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *Hrunépti, *Hrumpénti Proto-Indo-European
- *reup- Proto-Indo-European
- *rewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *raub- Proto-Germanic
- *raubaz Proto-Germanic
- *raubą Proto-Germanic
- *raubō Proto-Germanic
- *reufaną Proto-Germanic
- berēofan Old English
- reaf Old English
- rēaf Old English
- robbe Middle English
- roben Middle English
- ward Middle English
- warderobe Middle English
- róba Irish
- rauf Old Norse
- rjúfa Old Norse
- robe Old French
- route Old French
- roub Old High German
- ròb Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- robe Norman
- corrupt Middle French
- *raub gmw-pro
- *raubōn gmw-pro
- *rōf Old Saxon
- *rouba Frankish
- روب Hijazi Arabic
- warderoube ONF.
- rups Latgalian