Etymograph

English

Roi-Namur

From Roi + Namur, the name of the new island after the formerly separate islands Roi and Namur were joined by landfill.

A compound of Roi + Namur

Marshallese Ruot

English Roi

Latin Namurcum

Walloon Nameûr

French Namur

English Namur

The story

Roi is originally from Marshallese Ruot, while Namur is originally from Marshallese Nim̧ur.

Today it means

name Roi-Namur islet, Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Roi-Namur