rouleur

1. Proto-Indo-European*Hreth₂-“to run”
2. Latinrotula“small wheel; a roll”
3. Medieval Latinrotulō
4. Old Frenchruele
5. Frenchrouleur“one who causes something to roll, roller; something which rolls; cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads, rouleur”
6. Englishrouleur

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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