Where does “pollercoaster” come from?

pollercoaster (English) comes from English rollercoaster, from English roller, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل — ingot.

pollercoaster (English): A poll characterised by dramatic swings or ups and downs in the results

Definitions

  1. A poll characterised by dramatic swings or ups and downs in the results

Ancestry of “pollercoaster”, step by step

pollercoaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rollercoaster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrollercoasterAn amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a...
2Englishroller"Anything that rolls."; A long wide bandage used...
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*līðrāingot

via English Poll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPollA common pet name for a parrot
2Middle EnglishpolA pool or pond; a small body of still water especially natural}
3Old Englishpōlpool
4Proto-West Germanic*pōl
5Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
7Yorubailéhome; house
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā