Where does “ролевик” come from?
ролевик (Russian) comes from Russian ролево́й, from Russian роль, from German rolle, from French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.
ролевик (Russian): roleplayer, roleplaying fan
Definitions
- roleplayer, roleplaying fan
Ancestry of “ролевик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ролево́й | role |
| 2 | Russian | роль | role, part |
| 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 |