Where does “roolimeikki” come from?

roolimeikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish rooli, from German rolle, from French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل — ingot.

roolimeikki (Finnish): makeup for a role

Definitions

  1. makeup for a role

Ancestry of “roolimeikki”, step by step

roolimeikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rooli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroolirole
2Germanrolleinflection of rollen: ## first-person singular...
3Frenchrôlerole; character
4Middle Frenchrollerole
5Old Frenchroleroll; scroll
6Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
7Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
8Arabicرَطْل
9Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
10Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
11Frenchlitrelitre
12Medieval Latinlitra
13Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
14Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Finnish meikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeikkimakeup
2EnglishmakeTo create; To behave, to act; To tend; to...
3Middle EnglishmakeAlternative form of maken; easy
4Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
5Old Englishmacianto make
6Emilianmâciaspot, stain
7LatinMacula
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā