rumour

Etymology

From Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

noun

1. Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor
   There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely. 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
   I myself gave support to the summoning of the Estates General ... as merely mistaken . Similarly it might be held that Paradise originated in a rumour invented in hell to make society the more interesting . ' ' We need a saviour . 1969, Peter Vansittart, Pastimes of a Red Summer: A Novel, Owen, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 140
2. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.

verb

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
   Two of the four main routes over the Border were rumoured to be threatened with withdrawal of, or heavy cuts in, passenger services. 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Drastic cuts in Scotland?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 644