roomth

From Middle English roomth, rumthe, rymthe, from Old English *rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-Germanic *rūmiþō (“roominess”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) +‎ -th. Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”).

roomth (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion:

     But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side

2. (obsolete) Roominess; spaciousness.

• roomthsome
• roomthy