English
Rom
Rom comes from Romani rrom ‘Romani man’.
- Romanimodernrrom‘Romani man’
- EnglishtodayRom
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Romanimodernrrom‘Romani man’
- EnglishtodayRom
The story
The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman.
Every English word from Romani rrom
Today it means
name The Romani language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Romani rrom / Rom