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