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Where does “avrunde” come from?

avrunde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål runde, from German runde, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō — to run.

avrunde (Norwegian Bokmål): to round off

Definitions

  1. to round off

Ancestry of “avrunde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrundedefinite singular of rund; plural of rund; a...
2Germanrundeinflection of runden: ## first-person singular...
3GermanRundround
4Frenchrondround; drunk; circle
5Old Frenchreontround
6Latinretundus—
7Latinrotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,...
8Latinrotō—
9LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
10Proto-Italicrotā—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂—
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- →