rof
Middle English
/roːf/
noun
Definitions
- A roof top layer of a building:
- A house or building; a edifice used for inhabitance.
- The top of the mouth; the palate.
- Any sort of cover, especially one that provides shelter.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hrōf (ceiling, top, roof, sky, heaven, summit) derived from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (roof).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hrōfą
Gloss
roof
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deroof English
- disroof English
- moonroof English
- nonroof English
- reroof English
- roof English
- roof rabbit English
- roof tree English
- roofball English
- roofbeam English
- roofbox English
- roofer English
- roofful English
- roofing English
- roofless English
- rooflet English
- rooflike English
- roofline English
- roofscape English
- roofspace English
- rooftile English
- rooftop English
- rooftree English
- roofward English
- roofy English
- rooves English
- subroof English
- sunroof English
- underroof English
- unroof English
- roef Dutch, Flemish
- *krāpo- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrōfą Proto-Germanic
- hrof Old English
- hrōf Old English
- rofen Middle English
- *ruof Old Dutch
- nuf Volapük
- rup Tok Pisin