Etymology

rottolo

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Italian rotolo ← Arabic رُطْل ← Ancient Greek λίτρα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλίτρα
  2. Arabic · derived fromرُطْل
  3. Italian · derived fromrotolo
  4. English todayrottolo

Variant of Italian rotolo, from Arabic رُطْل (ruṭl), variant of classical رِطْل (riṭl), from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).

Words from the same roots

Italianrotolo all →

rotolorottol

Arabicرُطْل all →

rotolorotalrottol

Ancient Greekλίτρα all →

litrerattlerotoloarratellitrarotalrottol

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.