Etymology

rota

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Today it means: A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar. Full definition →

Latin rota
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rota · noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromrota“wheel”
  2. English todayrota

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

Rota · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromrota“wheel”
  2. Latin · derived fromRota
  3. Italian · derived fromRota
  4. English todayRota

From Italian Rota, from Latin Rota, from Latin rota (“wheel”).

Words from the same roots

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