Where does “rotunjeală” come from?
rotunjeală (Romanian) comes from Romanian rotunji, from Romanian rotund, 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.
rotunjeală (Romanian): roundness
Definitions
- roundness
Ancestry of “rotunjeală”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | rotunji | to round off; to become rounded |
| 2 | Romanian | rotund | 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 |