Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Peace; quietness.
  • noun A Middle English form of roe.
  • noun rota, a wheel: see rota.] A wheel.

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  • noun Peace; quietness.
  • noun UK, dialectal Rest; stillness.
  • noun Short form of kangaroo.
  • abbreviation Quintana Roo, a state of Mexico.

Etymologies

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From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English , rōw ("quietness, quiet, rest"), from Proto-Germanic *rōwō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ere(w)-, *rē(w)- (“quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve ("peace, repose"), German Ruhe ("rest, peace, tranquility"), Danish and Swedish ro ("rest, peace, tranquility"), Icelandic  ("calm, quietness").

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From kangaroo.

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