Where does “rowel” come from?
rowel (Middle English) comes from Old French roel, from Late Latin rotella, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
Ancestry of “rowel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | roel | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | rotella | little wheel; small wheel |
| 3 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
Words derived from “rowel”