Where does “rondeau” come from?
rondeau (English) comes from Middle French rondeau, from Old French rondel, from Old French ronde, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.
rondeau (English): A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds...
Definitions
- A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds...
Ancestry of “rondeau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | rondeau | rondeau |
| 2 | Old French | rondel | circular or round object; rondel; type of poem |
| 3 | Old French | ronde | — |
| 4 | Old French | ront | Alternative form of reont; circular |
| 5 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 6 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 7 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |