Roost
/ruːst/noun
A place where birds rest or sleep, or the act of settling there.
Did you know?Roost comes from a Germanic root tied to resting and a “place of rest,” and its deeper relatives also gave English words about repose and recovery.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*raustō
“a resting place; a perch or roost”
Old English
OE
rōst
“rest, repose; a place to rest”
Middle English
ME
roost
“a place where birds settle for the night”
16th Century
English
roost
“to settle or sleep on a perch”
Modern English
English
roost
“a bird’s sleeping place; to settle there”