English

roary

From roar + -y.

Formed from roar + -y

Proto-Indo-European *rey- ‘to shout’

Proto-Germanic *rairōną ‘to bellow’

Proto-West Germanic *rairōn ‘to roar, bellow’

Old English rārian ‘to roar’

Middle English roren

English roar

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of a roaring sound.

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