English

go-round

From go + round.

A compound of go + round

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’

Proto-Germanic *gāną ‘to go’

Proto-West Germanic *gān ‘to go’

Old English gān ‘to go’

Middle English gon

English go

Old Northern French rount

Middle English round ‘spherical, round’

English round

Today it means

noun One instance of a recurring event.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / go-round