Where does “гастрольный” come from?
гастрольный (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.
гастрольный (Russian): on tour, touring
Ancestry of “гастрольный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | гастро́ль | — |
| 2 | German | Gastrolle | — |
| 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 | — |