Etymograph

English

rodeo

Rodeo comes from Spanish rodear ‘to surround’, from rueda ‘wheel’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hróth₂eh₂reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rotāreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErota‘wheel’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500rueda‘wheel’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘wheel’
  7. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrodear‘to surround’
  8. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrodeo
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hróth₂eh₂reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rotāreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErota‘wheel’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500rueda‘wheel’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘wheel’
  7. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrodear‘to surround’
  8. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrodeo
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’

rash, rotate, 14 more

through Proto-Italic *rotā

rotavirus, 12 more

through Latin rota ‘wheel’

roll, rotation, rotary, rota, rotund, 13 more

through Spanish rueda ‘wheel’

rueda

Today it means

noun A gathering of cattle to be branded.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- / rodeo

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