Where does “rondó” come from?
rondó (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu rodondu, from Portuguese redondo, from Old Portuguese redondo, from Vulgar Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā — to run.
rondó (Papiamentu): round
Definitions
- round
Ancestry of “rondó”, step by step
rondó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kabuverdianu rodondu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabuverdianu | rodondu | round |
| 2 | Portuguese | redondo | round; clear and definitive; smoothly |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | redondo | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | retundus | — |
| 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 |