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Where does “rollered” come from?

rollered (English) comes from Hungarian roller, from German Roller, from German rollen, from Middle High German rollen, from Old French röeler, from Medieval Latin rotulo, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل.

rollered (English): Having rollers; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Having rollers; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “rollered”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianroller—
2GermanRoller—
3Germanrollento roll
4Middle High Germanrollen—
5Old Frenchröeler—
6Medieval Latinrotulodative singular of rotulus; ablative singular of...
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*līðrā—
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