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Where does “round trip” come from?

round trip (English) comes from English round, from Middle English round, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.

round trip (English): A trip from one destination to another and then...

Definitions

  1. A trip from one destination to another and then...

Ancestry of “round trip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroundShape; Complete, whole, not lacking; Convenient...
2Middle Englishroundcircle, round
3Old Frenchreontround
4Latinretundus—
5Latinrotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,...
6Latinrotō—
7LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
8Proto-Italicrotā—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run

Words derived from “round trip”

  • round-tripper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- →