rouleur

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*Hreth₂-“to run”
2. Latin · derived fromrotula“small wheel; a roll”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromrotulō
4. Old French · derived fromruele
5. French · borrowed fromrouleur“one who causes something to roll, roller; something which rolls; cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads, rouleur”
6. English todayrouleur

Borrowed from French rouleur (“one who causes something to roll, roller; something which rolls; cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads, rouleur”), from rouler (“to roll”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Rouler is derived from Old French ruele, roele (“small wheel”) (from Medieval Latin rotulō, from Latin rotula (“small wheel; a roll”), from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -ula (feminine singular of -ulus (diminutive suffix))) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).

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