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Where does “Rundfunkgerät” come from?

Rundfunkgerät (German) comes from German Rundfunk, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.

Rundfunkgerät (German): radio, radio set

Definitions

  1. radio, radio set

Ancestry of “Rundfunkgerät”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRundfunkbroadcasting; radio
2GermanRundround
3Frenchrondround; drunk; circle
4Old Frenchreontround
5Latinretundus—
6Latinrotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,...
7Latinrotō—
8LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
9Proto-Italicrotā—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- →