Where does “rollercoastering” come from?

rollercoastering (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.

rollercoastering (English): Moving rapidly and unpredictably

Definitions

  1. Moving rapidly and unpredictably

Ancestry of “rollercoastering”, step by step

rollercoastering 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 ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā