Where does “wraparound” come from?
Wraparound derives from English wrap, from Middle English wrappe, prefixed with Middle English a-, from Middle French a-, from Latin ad-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád, meaning "to" or "toward."
wraparound (English): designed to be wrapped around the body and tied;...
Definitions
- designed to be wrapped around the body and tied;...
Ancestry of “wraparound”, step by step
wraparound 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 |