Where does “rawndebawt” come from?
rawndebawt (Maltese) comes from English roundabout, from English round, from Middle English round, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
rawndebawt (Maltese): roundabout
Definitions
- roundabout
Ancestry of “rawndebawt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roundabout | Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary;... |
| 2 | English | round | Shape; Complete, whole, not lacking; Convenient... |
| 3 | Middle English | round | circle, round |
| 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 |