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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

  1. Mangy; scabby; Mean; paltry; troublesome

Ancestry of “roynish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrogneux—
2Frenchrogneringworm; anger; first-person singular present...
3Frenchrognerto trim, to snip, to cut
4Old Frenchrooignier—
5Vulgar Latinretundiare—
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- →