Where does “rota” come from?
rota (Maltese) comes from Sicilian rota, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
rota (Maltese): wheel; bicycle
Ancestry of “rota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sicilian | rota | wheel |
| 2 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |