Where does “rotifer” come from?

rotifer (English) comes from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.

rotifer (English): Any of many minute aquatic multicellular...

Definitions

  1. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular...

Ancestry of “rotifer”, step by step

rotifer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Rota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
2Proto-Italicrotā—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run

via French rotifère

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrotifèrerotiferous

Words derived from “rotifer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic rotā →
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