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roo

noun
/ˈɹuː/UK/ˈɹu/US

Etymology

From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).

  1. inherited from *h₁reh₁-✻ — “to rest; quiet”
  2. inherited from *rōō✻ — “quiet, rest”
  3. inherited from rō
  4. inherited from roo

Definitions

  1. Peace

    Peace; quietness.

  2. Rest

    Rest; stillness.

  3. Clipping of kangaroo.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA