Where does “roulade” come from?
roulade (French) comes from Old French roler, from English roller, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل — ingot.
roulade (French): roll, roly-poly; roulade
Definitions
- roll, roly-poly; roulade
Ancestry of “roulade”, step by step
roulade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French roler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | roler | — |
| 2 | English | roller | "Anything that rolls."; A long wide bandage used... |
| 3 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 4 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 5 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 7 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 8 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 9 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 11 | French | litre | litre |
| 12 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via French rouler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rouler | to roll; to revolve; to go |
| 2 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 3 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |