Where does “blogroll” come from?
blogroll (English) comes from English logroll, from English logrolling, from English rolling, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.
blogroll (English): A blogger's list of hyperlinks to other blogs...
Definitions
- A blogger's list of hyperlinks to other blogs...
Ancestry of “blogroll”, step by step
blogroll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English logroll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | logroll | To exchange political favours; To combine... |
| 2 | English | logrolling | The rolling of logs from one place to another; an... |
| 3 | English | rolling | Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering;... |
| 4 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 5 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 6 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 8 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 9 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 12 | French | litre | litre |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via English Blog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Blog | A cocktail or punch served at science fiction... |
| 2 | English | weblog | A website in the form of an ongoing journal |
| 3 | English | Web | The World Wide Web |
| 4 | Middle English | webbe | Weaved fabric; fabric manufactured by weaving; A... |
| 5 | Old English | webba | weaver |
| 6 | Old English | -a | Ending forming adverbs; nominative masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ō | Creates feminine nouns from roots and stems |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |