Etymology

rouleau

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Today it means: A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll. Full definition →

French roulea ← Old French roeler ← Latin rotulāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*Hreth₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*Hróth₂eh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*rotā
  4. Latinrota
  5. Latinrotula
  6. Latinrotulāre
  7. Old Frenchroeler
  8. Frenchrouler
  9. Frenchroulea
  10. English todayrouleau

Borrowed from French rouleau.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.