Etymograph

English

rotonda

Rotonda comes from Tagalog rotonda ‘roundabout’, and goes back to Latin rotundus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErotundus1‘round, circular’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentrotonda1
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentrotonda1‘roundabout, traffic circle’
  4. Tagalogmodernrotonda2‘roundabout’
  5. Englishtodayrotonda2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Tagalog rotonda
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English rotonda

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErotundusWiktionary, Tagalog rotonda‘round, circular’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentrotondaWiktionary, Tagalog rotonda
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentrotondaWiktionary, Tagalog rotonda‘roundabout, traffic circle’
  4. TagalogmodernrotondaWiktionary, English rotonda‘roundabout’
  5. EnglishtodayrotondaWiktionary, English rotonda

Linked words

through Latin rotundus ‘round, circular’

around, rotunda, rotund, 8 more

Today it means

noun A roundabout; traffic circle.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rotonda”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Tagalog rotonda. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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