Where does “round-trippable” come from?
round-trippable (English) comes from English round trip, from English round, from Middle English round, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
round-trippable (English): Able to be exported and later reimported without loss of fidelity
Definitions
- Able to be exported and later reimported without loss of fidelity
Ancestry of “round-trippable”, step by step
round-trippable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English round trip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | round trip | A trip from one destination to another and then... |
| 2 | English | round | Shape; Complete, whole, not lacking; Convenient... |
| 3 | Middle English | round | circle, round |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 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 |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |