English
roller
Roller comes from Middle English rollere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rollere
- Englishearliest quotation 1857roller
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rollere
- Englishearliest quotation 1857roller
Earliest quotation: 1857, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of S: “The deposit of color on the stone is transmitted…”
Formed from roll + -er
Latin rota ‘wheel’
Latin rotula ‘a little wheel’
Medieval Latin rotulāre ‘to roll; to revolve’
Old French roller
Middle English rollen
English roll
Every English word from Middle English rollere
Today it means
noun Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English rollere / roller