Where does “rodofita” come from?
rodofita (Italian) comes from Italian rodo, from Italian rodare, from Latin rotare, from Latin roto, from Latin rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
rodofita (Italian): rhodophyte, red alga
Ancestry of “rodofita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rodo | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Italian | rodare | To run in; To adjust or adapt |
| 3 | Latin | rotare | present active infinitive of rotō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | roto | I turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl,... |
| 5 | Latin | rota | wheel; a car, a chariot; the disc of the sun |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |