Where does “roynish” come from?
roynish (English) comes from French rogneux, from French rogne, from French rogner, from Old French rooignier, from Vulgar Latin retundiare, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
roynish (English): Mangy; scabby; Mean; paltry; troublesome
Definitions
- Mangy; scabby; Mean; paltry; troublesome
Ancestry of “roynish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rogneux | — |
| 2 | French | rogne | ringworm; anger; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | rogner | to trim, to snip, to cut |
| 4 | Old French | rooignier | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | retundiare | — |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |