Where does “redondeza” come from?
redondeza (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese redondo, from Old Portuguese redondo, from Vulgar Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂ — to run.
redondeza (Portuguese): roundness
Definitions
- roundness
Ancestry of “redondeza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | redondo | round; clear and definitive; smoothly |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | redondo | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | retundus | — |
| 4 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 5 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 6 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |