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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

  1. A roundabout that is either flush to the road...

Ancestry of “mini-roundabout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroundaboutIndirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary;...
2EnglishroundShape; Complete, whole, not lacking; Convenient...
3Middle Englishroundcircle, round
4Old Frenchreontround
5Latinretundus—
6Latinrotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,...
7Latinrotō—
8LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
9Proto-Italicrotā—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run
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