Where does “ruletář” come from?

ruletář (Czech) comes from Czech ruleta, from French roulette, from French rouler, from Old French ruele, from Medieval Latin rotulo, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ — ingot.

ruletář (Czech): roulette player

Definitions

  1. roulette player

Ancestry of “ruletář”, step by step

ruletář traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech ruleta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechruletaroulette
2Frenchroulettesmall wheel; caster, castor; cycloid
3Frenchroulerto roll; to revolve; to go
4Old Frenchruele
5Medieval Latinrotulodative singular of rotulus; ablative singular of...
6Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
7Arabicرَطْل
8Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
9Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
10Frenchlitrelitre
11Medieval Latinlitra
12Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
13Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Czech ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czecharare
2Frencharean are
3Latināreaa piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town)
4Proto-Italicāzeā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-e-yeh₂
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth
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