rotund

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*Hreth₂-“to run, to roll”
2. Latin · derived fromrota“wheel”
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromrotundus“round”
4. English todayrotund

Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.

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