Where does “rondo” come from?
Rondo comes from Italian rondo, from French rondeau, from Old French rondel, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus meaning round, ultimately from Latin rota meaning wheel.
rondo (English): A musical composition, commonly of a lively,...
Definitions
- A musical composition, commonly of a lively,...
Ancestry of “rondo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rondò | rondo; roundabout |
| 2 | French | rondeau | rondeau; rondo |
| 3 | Old French | rondel | circular or round object; rondel; type of poem |
| 4 | Old French | ronde | — |
| 5 | Old French | ront | Alternative form of reont; circular |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |