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Where does “roundeth” come from?

roundeth (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.

roundeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “roundeth”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- →