## Meanings
1. A piece of information that people pass around even though no one knows if it is true.
2. To spread an unconfirmed story about someone or something.

## Examples
- There's a rumor going around that they are going to get married.
- He is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

## Synonyms
- bruit
- buzz
- fame
- moot
- muttering
- noise
- sough
- tale
- tidbit
- whisper
- whispering
- word

## Related Forms
- tattle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rumour
- Root: rumeur
- Root: rūmor
- Root: *h₃rewH-

## Etymology
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

## AI Etymology
Rumor comes from Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”). Modern senses include a piece of information that people pass around even though no one knows if it is true. and to spread an unconfirmed story about someone or something.. The wider word family includes related forms such as tattle.

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