Where does “гастролировать” come from?
гастролировать (Russian) comes from Russian гастро́ль, from German Gastrolle, from German rolle, from French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.
гастролировать (Russian): to tour, to be on tour, to perform/play on tour;...
Definitions
- to tour, to be on tour, to perform/play on tour;...
Ancestry of “гастролировать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | гастро́ль | (concert) tour |
| 2 | German | Gastrolle | guest role, a performance by a guest star |
| 3 | German | rolle | inflection of rollen: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | French | rôle | role; character |
| 5 | Middle French | rolle | role |
| 6 | Old French | role | roll; scroll |
| 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 |