Where does “rouage” come from?

rouage (French) comes from French roué, from Old French ruee, from Old French rode, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.

rouage (French): wheel (in a machine), cog

Definitions

  1. wheel (in a machine), cog

Ancestry of “rouage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrouéroué; past participle of rouer
2Old Frenchruee—
3Old Frenchrode—
4LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
5Proto-Italicrotā—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic rotā →