Where does “rollicker” come from?

rollicker (English) comes from English rollick, 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.

rollicker (English): One who rollicks

Definitions

  1. One who rollicks

Ancestry of “rollicker”, step by step

rollicker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rollick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrollickTo behave in a playful or carefree manner; to...
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 ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā