Where does “girotondino” come from?
girotondino (Italian) comes from Italian girotondo, from Italian tondo, from Vulgar Latin *tundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂ — to run.
girotondino (Italian): A participant in a girotondo
Definitions
- A participant in a girotondo
Ancestry of “girotondino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | girotondo | ring a ring o' roses; A former Italian form of... |
| 2 | Italian | tondo | round, circular; circle; tondo |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *tundus | — |
| 4 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 5 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 6 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |