Where does “rotundity” come from?
Rotundity derives from Latin rotunditas, formed from rotundus meaning round and the suffix -itas, ultimately from Latin rota meaning wheel.
rotundity (English): The quality of being rotund
Definitions
- The quality of being rotund
Ancestry of “rotundity”, step by step
rotundity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rotund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rotund | Having a round, spherical or curved shape;... |
| 2 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 3 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 4 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via Latin rotunditās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | rotunditās | roundness, rotundity |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |