Where does “rondo” come from?
rondo (Southern Ndebele) comes from Afrikaans rond, from Dutch rond, from Middle Dutch ront, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
Ancestry of “rondo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | rond | round; plump |
| 2 | Dutch | rond | round, circular; finished, completed; around,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ront | — |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 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 |