Etymology

rotula

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Today it means: The patella; the kneecap. Full definition →

Latin rotula
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromrotula
  2. English todayrotula

Learned borrowing from Latin rotula. Doublet of role and roll.

Words from the same roots

Latinrotula all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.