Where does “Stadtrundfahrt” come from?
Stadtrundfahrt (German) comes from German Rundfahrt, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
Stadtrundfahrt (German): city tour (guided tour of a city, often by bus)
Definitions
- city tour (guided tour of a city, often by bus)
Ancestry of “Stadtrundfahrt”, step by step
Stadtrundfahrt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rundfahrt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rundfahrt | tour |
| 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 Stadt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 2 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 3 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |