Where does “Marsrover” come from?
Marsrover (German) comes from German Rover, from English Rover, from English Rove, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus — ingot.
Marsrover (German): Mars rover
Definitions
- Mars rover
Ancestry of “Marsrover”, step by step
Marsrover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rover
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rover | rover |
| 2 | English | Rover | someone connected with any number of teams called... |
| 3 | English | Rove | To shoot with arrows (at) |
| 4 | English | rōw | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc |
| 5 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 6 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 7 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 9 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 10 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 12 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 13 | French | litre | litre |
| 14 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |