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rob¹

  • /rob/

Rhymes with -ob

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic робъ (robŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of orb, which was inherited from Latin.

noun robi · equivalent roabă · rob · robul · robii

  1. masculine slave

    Similar: sclav

Rob²

Where it comes from

From rob.

proper noun lui Rob

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • slave person owned by another

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MLA

"rob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/rob. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

rob. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/rob

Chicago

"rob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/rob.

BibTeX
@misc{rob_2026,
  title = {rob},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/rob},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}