Where does “rondelle” come from?
rondelle (French) comes from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂ — to run.
rondelle (French): hockey puck; ring or annulus; disk; washer
Definitions
- hockey puck; ring or annulus; disk; washer
Ancestry of “rondelle”, step by step
rondelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French rond
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 2 | Old French | reont | round |
| 3 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 4 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 5 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 6 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via French ronde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ronde | feminine singular of rond; a watch; a traditional... |