Where does “rondallejar” come from?
rondallejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan rondalla, from Spanish rondar, from Spanish -ar, from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
rondallejar (Catalan): to dawdle, to hang around
Definitions
- to dawdle, to hang around
Ancestry of “rondallejar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | rondalla | folk tale |
| 2 | Spanish | rondar | to patrol; to go around, round, go round; to... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |