rotund
The origin and history of rotund.
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). A doublet of round.
The origin and history of rotund.
A learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). A doublet of round.
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