Etymograph

English

rotaprint

Rotaprint comes from Latin rota ‘wheel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run, roll’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run, roll’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hróth₂-eh₂reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rotāreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErota‘wheel’
  5. Englishtodayrotaprint

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run, roll’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hróth₂-eh₂reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rotāreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErota‘wheel’
  5. Englishtodayrotaprint

A blend of rotation + print

Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’

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Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rota ‘wheel’

Latin rotō ‘to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about,…’

Latin rotātiō

English rotation

Latin imprimō ‘to press into, imprint’

Middle English emprinten ‘to impress, imprint’

Middle English *printen

English print

Linked words

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

rash, rotate, 14 more

through Latin rota ‘wheel’

roll, rotation, rodeo, rotary, rueda, rotund, rotavirus, 12 more

Today it means

noun A duplicating machine.

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

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

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