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English word round comes from Proto-Indo-European *rot-, Proto-Indo-European *Hret-, Latin retundus, Latin -undus, Old French rotundus, and later Italian ritondo ((archaic) roundness, rotundity (archaic).)
*rot- (Proto-Indo-European)
wheel
*Hret- (Proto-Indo-European)
retundus (Latin)
-undus (Latin)
Derives adjective nouns from verbs, similar to present participles, but without the present time restriction.
rotundus (Old French)
rota (Latin)
(figuratively) the disc of the sun. (pars pro toto) a car, a chariot. Wheel.
rotare (Latin)
rotundus (Latin)
(figuratively) rounded, perfect. (figuratively, of speech) polished, elegant. (substantive) A sphere. Round, circular. Spherical, rotund.
ritondo (Italian)
(archaic) roundness, rotundity (archaic).
*retundus (Vulgar Latin)
*rodond (Old French)
round (English)
(intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).. (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.. [...]