Where does “roundhouse” come from?
Roundhouse derives from English round and English house, where round comes from Latin rotundus, itself from Latin rota meaning wheel, ultimately from Latin ad and rota combined through Middle French a- and Latin ad-.
roundhouse (English): A circular prison, especially a small local...
Definitions
- A circular prison, especially a small local...
Ancestry of “roundhouse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | round | Shape; Complete, whole, not lacking; Convenient... |
| 2 | Middle English | round | circle, round |
| 3 | Old French | reont | round |
| 4 | Latin | retundus | — |
| 5 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 6 | Latin | rotō | — |
| 7 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |