Etymograph

English

rollaway

From roll + away.

A compound of roll + away

Latin rota ‘wheel’

Latin rotula ‘a little wheel’

Medieval Latin rotulāre ‘to roll; to revolve’

Old French roller

Middle English rollen

English roll

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring, transport’

Proto-Germanic *wegaz ‘way’

Old English on weġ ‘on one's way’

Old English āweġ ‘away’

Middle English away

English away

Today it means

adj Having wheels to allow for storage.

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

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