Where does “skate-around” come from?
skate-around (English) comes from English around, from Middle English arounde, from Middle English round, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
skate-around (English): An instance of skating around, especially for fun or as a warm-up to a competitive or performance skate
Definitions
- An instance of skating around, especially for fun or as a warm-up to a competitive or performance skate
Ancestry of “skate-around”, step by step
skate-around traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English around
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | around | Defining a circle or closed curve containing a... |
| 2 | Middle English | arounde | about the margin, along the periphery |
| 3 | Middle English | round | circle, round |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 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 |
via English skate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skate | A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame... |
| 2 | Dutch | schaats | skate, ice skate; stilt |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | schāetse | stilt |
| 4 | Old French | escache | a stilt, trestle |
| 5 | Frankish | skakkja | stilt |
| 6 | Old Saxon | skakan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skakaną | to swing; to shake; to escape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skeg- | to jump, spring; to jump; move |