Where does “рондо” come from?
рондо (Russian) comes from Italian rondò, from French rondeau, from Old French rondel, from Old French ronde, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
Ancestry of “рондо”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rondò | rondo; roundabout |
| 2 | French | rondeau | rondeau; rondo |
| 3 | Old French | rondel | circular or round object; rondel; type of poem |
| 4 | Old French | ronde | — |
| 5 | Old French | ront | Alternative form of reont; circular |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |