The story
- Old French · derived fromroler
- French · borrowed fromroulade
- English todayroulade
From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
roulade
Today it means: An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable. Full definition →
French roulade ← Old French roler