Roof

What “Roof” means

Noun

1. The external covering at the top of a building.
2. The top external level of a building.
3. The upper part of a cavity.
4. The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
5. An overhanging rock wall.

Verb

1. To cover or furnish with a roof.
2. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
3. To put into prison, to bird.
4. To shelter as if under a roof.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo- (“roof”), from *krāwə- (“to cover, heap”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch roef (“cabin on a boat”), Faroese rógv (“roof”); also Czech, Polish, and Slovene strop (“ceiling”), Russian строп (strop, “attic, loft, roof”), Serbo-Croatian стро̏п, strȍp (“ceiling”).

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrōfą Proto-West Germanic *hrōf Old English hrōf Middle English rof Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English rofen English roof From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).

Business name ideas with “Roof”

Industries where “Roof” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Roofing Company
• Roofing Contractors