Etymology

rodeo

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Today it means: A gathering of cattle to be branded. Full definition →

Spanish rodeo
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromrodeo
  2. English todayrodeo

From Spanish rodeo, from rodear (“to surround”), which refers to a cattle roundup.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.