Where does “rota” come from?
rota (Portuguese) comes from Malay rotan, from Malay raut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *raut, from Catalan rauc, from Latin raucus, from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
rota (Portuguese): route; combat; defeat
Definitions
- route; combat; defeat
Ancestry of “rota”, step by step
rota traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay rotan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | rotan | rattan; to cane with a rattan; to cane |
| 2 | Malay | raut | to trim, pare down |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *raut | — |
| 4 | Catalan | rauc | croak; hoarse |
| 5 | Latin | raucus | hoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous |
| 6 | Latin | -cus | suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -kos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Old French rote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 2 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 3 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 4 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |
via Italian rota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rota | Archaic form of ruota; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |