Where does “rondgaan” come from?
rondgaan (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans rond, from Dutch rond, from Middle Dutch ront, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
rondgaan (Afrikaans): go around
Definitions
- go around
Ancestry of “rondgaan”, step by step
rondgaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans rond
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | rond | round; plump |
| 2 | Dutch | rond | round, circular; finished, completed; around,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ront | — |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |