From Middle English roomth, rumthe, rymthe, from Old English *rȳmþ (compare Old English rȳmet), from Proto-Germanic *rūmiþō, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz, equivalent to room + -th. Cognate with Dutch ruimte, German Low German Rüümte, German Räumte, Swedish rymd.
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