Where does โ€œrottoโ€ come from?

rotto (Italian) comes from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan ๐Œ, from Ancient Greek ฮฟ, from Phoenician ๐ค, from Egyptian ๐“น.

rotto (Italian): broken; past participle of rompere

Definitions

  1. broken; past participle of rompere

Ancestry of โ€œrottoโ€, step by step

rotto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English O

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOA blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may...
2Middle EnglishOโ€”
3Old Englishoever, always
4LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
5Etruscan๐Œโ€”
6Ancient GreekฮฟLower-case omicron (แฝ‚ ฮผฮนฮบฯฯŒฮฝ), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ฮพ and followed by ฯ€
7Phoenician๐คayin; สฟayin
8Egyptian๐“นโ€”

via Latin ruptus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinruptusbroken; ruptured, burst
2Latinrumpลto break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrunรฉptito be breaking
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire

via English Rottnest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRottnestโ€”

Words derived from โ€œrottoโ€

Every word from Egyptian ๐“น โ†’