- roar (v.)
- Old English rarian, probably of imitative origin (cf. Middle Dutch reeren, German röhren "to roar;" Sanskrit ragati "barks;" Lithuanian reju "to scold;" Old Church Slavonic revo "I roar;" Latin raucus "hoarse"). Related: Roared; roaring. Roaring forties in reference to exceptional rough seas between latitudes 40 and 50 south, is attested from 1841.
- roar (n.)
- late 14c., from roar (v.).