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Where does “roundlet” come from?

roundlet (English) comes from Middle English roundelet, from Middle French rondelet, from Old French rondel, from Old French ronde, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.

roundlet (English): A small disk, circle or other round object

Definitions

  1. A small disk, circle or other round object

Ancestry of “roundlet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishroundelet—
2Middle FrenchrondeletA roundelay, certain metric verse from
3Old Frenchrondelcircular or round object; rondel; type of poem
4Old Frenchronde—
5Old FrenchrontAlternative form of reont; circular
6Latinrotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,...
7Latinrotō—
8LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
9Proto-Italicrotā—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- →