Where does “beadroll” come from?

beadroll (English) comes from English bead, from Middle English bēde, from Old English gebed, from Proto-West Germanic gabed, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

beadroll (English): A catalogue of people whose souls are to be be...

Definitions

  1. A catalogue of people whose souls are to be be...

Ancestry of “beadroll”, step by step

beadroll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bead

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeadPrayer, later especially with a rosary; Each in a...
2Middle Englishbēdeprayer, request, supplication, order, command,...
3Old Englishgebedprayer, religious observance
4Proto-West Germanicgabedprayer
5Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
6Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt
10Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
11Old High Germankuti
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English roll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
2Middle Englishrolle
3Old Frenchrolleregistration
4Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
5Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
6Arabicرَطْل
7Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
8Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
9Frenchlitrelitre
10Medieval Latinlitra
11Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
12Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-