English
roundlet
Roundlet comes from Middle French rondelet ‘a roundelay, certain metric verse from’, and goes back to rondel.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600rondel
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600rondelet‘a roundelay, certain metric verse from’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500roundelet
- Englishearliest quotation 1653roundlet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600rondel
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600rondelet‘a roundelay, certain metric verse from’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500roundelet
- Englishearliest quotation 1653roundlet
Earliest quotation: 1653, Sir Hugh Plat: “[…] let the water continue on the fire a…”
Every English word from Middle French rondel
Today it means
noun A small disk, circle or other round object.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French rondel / roundlet