Where does “rowed” come from?
Rowed derives from Middle English rouwen, from Latin ruta, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European krek-, ker-, i-, and en, though the precise semantic development remains unclear.
rowed (English): simple past tense and past participle of row;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of row;...
Ancestry of “rowed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rōw | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc |
| 2 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 4 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 6 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 7 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 8 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 9 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 10 | French | litre | litre |
| 11 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |