Where does “roller” come from?

Roller comes from Middle English rollere, a word of uncertain origin and meaning.

roller (English): "Anything that rolls."; A long wide bandage used...

Definitions

  1. "Anything that rolls."; A long wide bandage used...

Ancestry of “roller”, step by step

roller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English roll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
2Middle Englishrolle
3Old Frenchrolleregistration
4Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
5Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
6Arabicرَطْل
7Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
8Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
9Frenchlitrelitre
10Medieval Latinlitra
11Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
12Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Middle English rollere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrollere

Words derived from “roller

Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrāEvery word from Ancient Greek λίτραEvery word from Medieval Latin litra