Where does “rotondă” come from?
rotondă (Romanian) comes from French rotonde, from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
rotondă (Romanian): rotunda
Definitions
- rotunda
Ancestry of “rotondă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rotonde | rotunda |
| 2 | Italian | rotonda | roundabout, rotary, traffic circle; round... |
| 3 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 4 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 5 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |