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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of room" class="word__name--TTbAA">room<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">roum</span>, from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">rum</span> "space, extent; sufficient space, fit occasion (to do something)," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*ruman</span> (source also of Old Norse, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">rum</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Raum</span> "space," Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">ruim</span> "hold of a ship, nave"), nouns formed from Germanic adjective <span class="foreign notranslate">*ruma-</span> "roomy, spacious," from PIE root <span class="foreign notranslate">*reue-</span> (1) "to open; space" (source also of Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">ravah-</span> "space," Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">rus</span> "open country," Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">roi</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">roe</span> "plain field," Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">ravinu</span> "level," Russian <span class="foreign notranslate">ravnina</span> "a plain").</p> <p>Old English also had a frequent adjective <span class="foreign notranslate">rum</span> "roomy, wide, long, spacious," also an adverb, <span class="foreign notranslate">rumlice</span> "bigly, corpulently" (Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">roumli</span>).</p> <p>The meaning "chamber, cabin" is recorded by early 14c. as a nautical term; applied by mid-15c. to interior division of a building separated by walls or partitions; the Old English word for this was <span class="foreign notranslate">cofa</span>, ancestor of <a href="/word/cove" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cove " class="crossreference notranslate">cove</a>. The sense of "persons assembled in a room" is by 1712.</p> <p><span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Make room</strong></span> "open a passage, make way" is from mid-15c. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Room-service</strong></span> is attested from 1913; <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>room-temperature</strong></span>, comfortable for the occupants of a room, is so called from 1879. <span class="foreign notranslate">Roomth</span> "sufficient space" (1530s, with <a href="/word/-th#etymonline_v_24667" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -th " class="crossreference notranslate">-th</a> (2)) now is obsolete.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_42952" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of room" class="word__name--TTbAA">room<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"to occupy a room or rooms" (especially with another) as a lodger," by 1825 (implied in <span class="foreign notranslate">roomed</span>), from <a href="/word/room#etymonline_v_16519" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of room " class="crossreference notranslate">room</a> (n.). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Rooming</span>. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Rooming-house</strong></span>, "house which lets furnished apartments," is by 1889, according to OED "chiefly <span class="foreign notranslate">U.S.</span>" In Old English (<span class="foreign notranslate">rumian</span>) and Middle English the verb meant "become clear of obstacles; make clear of, evict."</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1825">1825</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to room">Entries linking to <i>room</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cove" href="/word/cove#etymonline_v_19190">cove<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.1)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>early 14c., "den, cave, gollow nook," from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">cofa</span> "small chamber, cell," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*kubon</span> (compare Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">kubisi</span> "tent, hut," German <span class="foreign notranslate">Koben</span> "pigsty," Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">kofi</span> "hut, shed").</p> <p>Extension of meaning to "small bay, inlet, or creek" is from 1580s, apparently via Scottish dialectal meaning "small hollow place in coastal rocks" (a survival of an Old English secondary sense). Also in early Middle English, "chamber, closet, pantry," hence the legal phrase <span class="foreign notranslate">cove and keie</span> "right of the mistress of a household to control 'pantry and key,'" that is, to manage the household (late 13c.).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ballroom" href="/word/ballroom#etymonline_v_26882">ballroom<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>also <span class="foreign notranslate">ball-room</span>, "a room designed or set aside for dancing parties," 1724, from <a href="/word/ball#etymonline_v_224" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ball " class="crossreference notranslate">ball</a> (n.2) + <a href="/word/room#etymonline_v_16519" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of room " class="crossreference notranslate">room</a> (n.). <span class="foreign notranslate">Ballroom dancing</span> is attested by 1872.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of bar-room" href="/word/bar-room"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">bar-room</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of bathroom" href="/word/bathroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">bathroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of bedroom" href="/word/bedroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">bedroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of boardroom" href="/word/boardroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">boardroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of classroom" href="/word/classroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">classroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of cloak-room" href="/word/cloak-room"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">cloak-room</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of courtroom" href="/word/courtroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">courtroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of dark-room" href="/word/dark-room"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">dark-room</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of family-room" href="/word/family-room"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">family-room</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of guest-room" href="/word/guest-room"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">guest-room</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of headroom" href="/word/headroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">headroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of homeroom" href="/word/homeroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">homeroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of lebensraum" href="/word/lebensraum"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">lebensraum</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of leg-room" href="/word/leg-room"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">leg-room</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of living room" href="/word/living%20room"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">living room</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of newsroom" href="/word/newsroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">newsroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of pressroom" href="/word/pressroom"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">pressroom</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of ream" href="/word/ream"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">ream</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/room/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->41<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of room">Trends of <i>room</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of bathroom" href="/word/bathroom"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">bathroom<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">also bath-room, 1780, from bath + room (n.). Originally a room with apparatus for bathing (the only definition in "Century Dictionary," 1902); it came to be used 20c. in U.S. as a euphemism for a lavatory and often is noted as a word that confuses British travelers. To go to the </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ream" href="/word/ream"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">ream<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">standard commercial measure of paper, rem, mid-14c., from Old French reyme, from Spanish resma, from Arabic rizmah "bundle" (of paper), from rasama "collect into a bundle." The Moors brought manufacture of cotton paper to Spain. The exact path of transmission of the word to Engli</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of board" href="/word/board"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">board<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"piece of timber sawn flat and thin, longer than it is wide, wider than it is thick, narrower than a plank;" Old English bord "a plank, flat surface," from Proto-Germanic *burdam (source also of Old Norse borð "plank," Dutch bord "board," Gothic fotu-baurd "foot-stool," German Br</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of stove" href="/word/stove"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">stove<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., "heated room, bath-room," from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stove, both meaning "heated room," which was the...original sense in English; a general West Germanic word (Old English stofa "bath-room," which seems not to have survived..., Old High German stuba, German Stube "sitting room")....Of uncertain relationship to similar words in Romance languages (Italian stufa, French étuve "sweating-room;" see stew (v...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cenacle" href="/word/cenacle"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">cenacle<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"dining room," usually with reference to the room in which the Last Supper was held, c. 1400, from Old French cenacle, learned...variant of cenaille (14c., Modern French cénacle), from Latin cenaculum "dining room," from cena "mid-day meal, afternoon...Latin cenaculum was used in the Vulgate for the "upper room" where the Last Supper was eaten....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of vestry" href="/word/vestry"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">vestry<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., probably from Anglo-French *vesterie, from Old French vestiaire "room for vestments, dressing room" (12c.), from...Often also a meeting room for the transaction of parish business, and retained in non-liturgical churches as the name of...a separate room used for Sunday school, prayer meetings, etc., hence transferred secular use (as in vestryman, 1610s)....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cellar" href="/word/cellar"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">cellar<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">early 13c., "store room," from Anglo-French celer, Old French celier "cellar, underground passage" (12c., Modern French cellier...), from Latin cellarium "pantry, storeroom," literally "group of cells;" which is either directly from cella "small room,...store-room" (from PIE root *kel- (1) "to cover, conceal, save"), or from noun use of neuter of adjective cellarius "pertaining...The sense "room under a house or other building, mostly underground and used for storage" gradually emerged in late Middle...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of odor" href="/word/odor"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">odor<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1300, "sweet smell, scent, fragrance," from Anglo-French odour, from Old French odor "smell, perfume, fragrance" (12c., Modern French odeur) and directly from Latin odor "a smell, a scent" (pleasant or disagreeable), from PIE root *hed- "to smell" (source also of Latin olere "</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of door" href="/word/door"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">door<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"movable barrier, commonly on hinges, for closing a passage into a building, room, or other enclosure," c. 1200, a Middle English merger of two Old English words, both with the general sense of "door, gate": dor (neuter; 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