Where does “roval” come from?

roval (English) comes from English road, from Middle English rode, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu, from Proto-Germanic raidō, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

roval (English): an autoracing racecourse composed of a road...

Definitions

  1. an autoracing racecourse composed of a road...

Ancestry of “roval”, step by step

roval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English road

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroadA way used for travelling between places,...
2Middle EnglishrodeA cross or gibbet; The cross of Christ; The cross...
3Old Englishrādroad; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road
4Proto-West Germanicraiduriding, ride
5Proto-Germanicraidōride, journey; name of the R-rune
6Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English Oval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOvalA cricket ground in South London
2Late LatinovalisOf or pertaining to an ovation
3Latinōvumegg
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-