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Where does “cornrowed” come from?

cornrowed (English) comes from English cornrow, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل.

cornrowed (English): simple past tense and past participle of cornrow;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of cornrow;...

Ancestry of “cornrowed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcornrowA hairstyle, of African origin, having rows of...
2Englishrōw—
3EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
4Middle Englishrolle—
5Old Frenchrolleregistration
6Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
7Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
8Arabicرَطْل—
9Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
10Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
11Frenchlitrelitre
12Medieval Latinlitra—
13Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
14Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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