ore rotundo

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*Hreth₂-“to run”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁óh₃s“mouth”
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromōre rotundō“with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”
4. English todayore rotundo

PIE word *h₁óh₃s Learned borrowing from Latin ōre rotundō (“with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”), from ōre (the ablative singular of ōs (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + rotundō (“to make round”) (from rotundus (“circular, round”) (possibly from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -undus (suffix forming adjectives)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs)). Doublet of orotund.

Words from the same roots