Etymograph

English

rolling

By surface analysis, roll + -ing.

Equivalent to roll + -ing

Latin rota ‘wheel’

Latin rotula ‘a little wheel’

Medieval Latin rotulāre ‘to roll; to revolve’

Old French roller

Middle English rollen

English roll

Today it means

adj Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.

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

Etymograph / rolling