rookery

English

noun

Definitions

A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
A crowded tenement.
(British) A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.

Etymology

Suffix from English rook (a cheat).

Origin

English

rook

Gloss

a cheat

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

rook English
rooker English
rookie English
rookless English
rooklike English
rooky English
rugby English
rok Middle English
룩 Korean