Where does “K.-o.-Runde” come from?
K.-o.-Runde (German) comes from German runde, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
K.-o.-Runde (German): knockout stage
Definitions
- knockout stage
Ancestry of “K.-o.-Runde”, step by step
K.-o.-Runde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German runde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | runde | inflection of runden: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | Rund | round |
| 3 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via German k. o.
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | k. o. | exhausted, beat, tired |