rotolo

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλίτρα
2. Arabic · derived fromرُطْل
3. Latin · derived fromrota“wheel, rolling thing”
4. Late Latin · derived fromrotulus“little wheel”
5. Italian · borrowed fromrotolo“roll; rottol”
6. English todayrotolo

From Italian rotolo (“roll; rottol”). As a roll, from Late Latin rotulus (“little wheel”), from Latin rota (“wheel, rolling thing”) + -ulus (“-ule”, forming diminutives). As a unit of weight, from Arabic رُطْل (ruṭl), variant of classical رِطْل (riṭl), ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).

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