Where does “rondeur” come from?
rondeur (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.
rondeur (French): roundness; plumpness; straightforwardness
Definitions
- roundness; plumpness; straightforwardness
Ancestry of “rondeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 2 | Old French | reont | round |
| 3 | Latin | retundus | — |
| 4 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 5 | Latin | rotō | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “rondeur”