Where does “Rundplastik” come from?
Rundplastik (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.
Rundplastik (German): sculpture in the round
Definitions
- sculpture in the round
Ancestry of “Rundplastik”, step by step
Rundplastik 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 |
via German Plastik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Plastik | plastic; sculpture |
| 2 | English | plastic | A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |