roll

roll · verb, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromrollāre
2. Latin · derived fromrotula“a little wheel”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromrotulāre“to roll; to revolve”
4. Old French · derived fromroller
5. Middle English · inherited fromrollen
6. English todayroll

From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source. Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow.

roll · noun²

1. Medieval Latin · derived fromrotulus“a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a paper or parchment rolled up”
2. Old French · derived fromrolle
3. Middle English · inherited fromrolle
4. English todayroll

From Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, role, roule, from Medieval Latin rotulus (“a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a paper or parchment rolled up”); as such, it is a doublet of role and rotulus.

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