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roomth

Pronunciation: /ɹʊmθ/

The English word “roomth” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
  2. Roominess; spaciousness.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”),…

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