English

gable roof

Compound of gable + roof.

A compound of gable + roof

Old French gable

English gable

Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo-

Proto-Germanic *hrōfą

Proto-West Germanic *hrōf

Old English hrōf ‘roof’

Middle English rhof

English roof

Today it means

noun A single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends.

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

Etymograph / gable roof