Where does “roundelet” come from?
roundelet (Middle English) comes from Middle French rondelet, from Old French rondel, from Old French ronde, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.
Ancestry of “roundelet”, step by step
roundelet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French rondelet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | rondelet | A roundelay, certain metric verse from |
| 2 | Old French | rondel | circular or round object; rondel; type of poem |
| 3 | Old French | ronde | — |
| 4 | Old French | ront | Alternative form of reont; circular |
| 5 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 6 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 7 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via Old French rondelet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | rondelet | roundlet |