Where does “arrondissement” come from?
Arrondissement comes from French arrondissement, formed from French a- and -ment, where a- derives from Ancient Greek ἀ-, which comes from Latin ad-, itself from Latin rota and ultimately Proto-Indo-European sem-.
arrondissement (English): An administrative division in some French- or...
Definitions
- An administrative division in some French- or...
Ancestry of “arrondissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | arrondissement | Arrondissement; Arrondissement, a borough |
| 2 | French | arrondir | To round; To round up, round down or round off |
| 3 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | — |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | — |
| 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 |