Where does “rondelet” come from?
rondelet (English) comes from Middle French rondelet, 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.
rondelet (English): A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables
Definitions
- A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables
Ancestry of “rondelet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | rondelet | A roundelay, certain metric verse from |
| 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 |