Where does “knock around” come from?
knock around (English) comes from English around, from Middle English arounde, from Middle English round, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
knock around (English): to spend time with someone as a friend; To do a...
Definitions
- to spend time with someone as a friend; To do a...
Ancestry of “knock around”, step by step
knock around traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English around
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | around | Defining a circle or closed curve containing a... |
| 2 | Middle English | arounde | about the margin, along the periphery |
| 3 | Middle English | round | circle, round |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 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 |
via English knock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | knock | An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | knokken | To pound; to beat down |
| 3 | Old English | cnocian | to knock; to knock on something; to hit, strike |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knukōną | To pound on; beat on; knock |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gnew- | a bundle; knot; knot, bundle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gen- | to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to... |