Etymology

chemin de ronde

Today it means: A raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement. Full definition →

French chemin de ronde
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · borrowed fromchemin de ronde
  2. English todaychemin de ronde

Borrowed from French chemin de ronde, literally "watch path/way".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.