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==Etymology== Old English {{lang|ang|hrof}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/roof|title=Roof|website=etymonline.com|publisher=Online Etymology Library}}</ref> 'roof, [[ceiling]], top, summit; heaven, sky', also figuratively, 'highest point of something', from [[Proto-Germanic]] {{lang|gem-x-proto|*khrofam}} ([[cf.]] [[Dutch language|Dutch]] {{lang|nl|roef}} 'deckhouse, cabin, coffin-lid', [[Middle High German]] {{lang|gmh|rof}} 'penthouse', Old Norse {{lang|non|hrof}} 'boat shed'). There are no apparent connections outside the Germanic family. "English alone has retained the word in a general sense, for which the other languages use forms corresponding to OE. {{lang|ang|ΓΎΓ¦c}} thatch".<ref>{{Cite OED|roof, n.}}</ref>
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