Where does “rollerblade” come from?

rollerblade (English) comes from English roller, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ — ingot.

rollerblade (English): A roller skate with all wheels aligned in a...

Definitions

  1. A roller skate with all wheels aligned in a...

Ancestry of “rollerblade”, step by step

rollerblade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English roller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishroller"Anything that rolls."; A long wide bandage used...
2EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
3Middle Englishrolle
4Old Frenchrolleregistration
5Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
6Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
7Arabicرَطْل
8Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
9Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
10Frenchlitrelitre
11Medieval Latinlitra
12Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
13Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via English blade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbladeThe sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or...
2Middle EnglishbladeA leaf or blade; a piece foliage in general; A...
3Old Englishblæda leaf; the broad, flat blade of a utensil;...
4Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
5Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

Words derived from “rollerblade

Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā