Where does “ruladă” come from?
ruladă (Romanian) comes from French roulade, from Old French roler, from English roller, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.
ruladă (Romanian): roulade
Definitions
- roulade
Ancestry of “ruladă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | roulade | roll, roly-poly; roulade |
| 2 | Old French | roler | — |
| 3 | English | roller | "Anything that rolls."; A long wide bandage used... |
| 4 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 5 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 6 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 8 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 9 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 12 | French | litre | litre |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |