Where does “ро́лик” come from?

ро́лик (Russian) comes from Russian рол, from German rolle, from French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل — ingot.

ро́лик (Russian): roller, roll that which rolls

Definitions

  1. roller, roll that which rolls

Ancestry of “ро́лик”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianролrotating cylinder, shaft, roller
2Germanrolleinflection of rollen: ## first-person singular...
3Frenchrôlerole; character
4Middle Frenchrollerole
5Old Frenchroleroll; scroll
6Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
7Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
8Arabicرَطْل
9Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
10Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
11Frenchlitrelitre
12Medieval Latinlitra
13Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
14Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

Words derived from “ро́лик

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