Where does “mini-roundabout” come from?
mini-roundabout (English) comes from English roundabout, from English round, from Middle English round, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
mini-roundabout (English): A roundabout that is either flush to the road...
Definitions
- A roundabout that is either flush to the road...
Ancestry of “mini-roundabout”, step by step
mini-roundabout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English roundabout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roundabout | Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary;... |
| 2 | English | round | Shape; Complete, whole, not lacking; Convenient... |
| 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 |