Etymology

roval

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Today it means: A motor racecourse composed of a road course section and a portion of a banked oval track. Full definition →

English oval ← Late Latin ōvālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Germanic*raidō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*raidu
  3. Old Englishrād
  4. Middle Englishrode
  5. Englishroad
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ōwyóm
  9. Proto-Italic*ōw(j)om
  10. Latinōvum
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Late Latinōvālis
  14. Englishoval
  15. English todayroval

Blend of road + oval.

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