The story
- Latin · derived fromrotundus“round, circular; spherical”
- Old French · derived fromrondel
- Middle English · inherited fromrondel
- English todayrondel
From Middle English rondel, from Old French rondel, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront, reont (“round (in shape)”), from Latin rotundus (“round, circular; spherical”), related to rota (“wheel”).
Words from the same roots
Latinrotundus all →
roundrotundtondorotundifolious
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.