Where does “Rundbau” come from?
Rundbau (German) comes from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.
Rundbau (German): rotunda a structure or building with a round layout
Definitions
- rotunda a structure or building with a round layout
Ancestry of “Rundbau”, step by step
Rundbau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rund | round |
| 2 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 3 | Old French | reont | round |
| 4 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 5 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 6 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 7 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |