Where does “contrarotulus” come from?

contrarotulus (Latin) comes from Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ, from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα — ingot.

contrarotulus (Latin): copy of a roll

Definitions

  1. copy of a roll

Ancestry of “contrarotulus”, step by step

contrarotulus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin rotulus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrotulusAlternative form of rotula; roll; roll of paper
2Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
3Arabicرَطْل
4Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
5Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
6Frenchlitrelitre
7Medieval Latinlitra
8Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
9Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Latin contrā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincontrāagainst
2Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
3Latincubī
4Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere

Words derived from “contrarotulus

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