Where does “Rover” come from?
Rover comes from Middle Dutch roven, Old Dutch rōvon, Old English hræfn, and Proto-Indo-European roots ḱer- and reup-, ultimately tracing to the Proto-Indo-European root ḱer-.
Rover (English): someone connected with any number of teams called...
Definitions
- someone connected with any number of teams called...
Ancestry of “Rover”, step by step
Rover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Rove
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Rove | To shoot with arrows (at) |
| 2 | English | rōw | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc |
| 3 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 4 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 5 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 7 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 8 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 9 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 11 | French | litre | litre |
| 12 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via Middle Low German rōver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | rōver | — |