English

roundhand

From round + hand.

A compound of round + hand

Old Northern French rount

Middle English round ‘spherical, round’

English round

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Today it means

noun A style of handwriting in which the letters are well rounded and free.

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

Etymograph / roundhand