Where does “rowdyism” come from?

rowdyism (English) comes from English rowdy, from English row, from Middle English rowe, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus — ingot.

rowdyism (English): The state of being rowdy

Definitions

  1. The state of being rowdy

Ancestry of “rowdyism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrowdyLoud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous; A...
2EnglishrowA line of objects, often regularly spaced, such...
3Middle EnglishroweAlternative form of rawe; Alternative form of...
4EnglishrōwA line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc
5EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
6Middle Englishrolle
7Old Frenchrolleregistration
8Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
9Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
10Arabicرَطْل
11Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
12Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
13Frenchlitrelitre
14Medieval Latinlitra
15Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
16Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā