Where does “logroller” come from?

logroller (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.

logroller (English): Someone who logrolls; one who competes in a...

Definitions

  1. Someone who logrolls; one who competes in a...

Ancestry of “logroller”, step by step

logroller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English logroll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlogrollTo exchange political favours; To combine...
2EnglishlogrollingThe rolling of logs from one place to another; an...
3EnglishrollingDrunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering;...
4EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
5Middle Englishrolle
6Old Frenchrolleregistration
7Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
8Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
9Arabicرَطْل
10Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
11Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
12Frenchlitrelitre
13Medieval Latinlitra
14Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
15Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā
logroller — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer