Where does “Rundfunkorchester” come from?
Rundfunkorchester (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.
Rundfunkorchester (German): radio orchestra
Definitions
- radio orchestra
Ancestry of “Rundfunkorchester”, step by step
Rundfunkorchester traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rundfunk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rundfunk | broadcasting; radio |
| 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 Orchester
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Orchester | orchestra |
| 2 | French | orchestre | orchestra, band; stalls |
| 3 | Latin | orchēstra | orchestra area in front of a stage |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀρχήστρα | space on which the chorus danced, orchestra |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |