Etymology

rosette

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Today it means: An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes. Full definition →

First used 1609French rosetteinflu. ← Middle French rosette ← Old French rosete
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rosette · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*Hwerdʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*(H)wardʰ-
  3. Proto-Iranian*wardahder.?
  4. Ancient Greekῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?
  5. Latinrosa
  6. Old Frenchrose
  7. Old Frenchrosete
  8. Middle Frenchrosette
  9. Frenchrosetteinflu.
  10. English todayrosette

Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose + -ette.

Rosette · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromRosette
  2. English todayRosette

From French Rosette. By surface analysis, Rose + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Rosetta.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1609 A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.

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