Etymograph

English

roundarm

From round + arm.

A compound of round + arm

Old Northern French rount

Middle English round ‘spherical, round’

English round

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to join’

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Proto-Germanic *armaz

Proto-West Germanic *arm

Old English earm

Middle English arm

English arm

Today it means

adj An obsolete style of bowling where the bowler's arm is at right angles to the body at the point of delivery.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “roundarm”. 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.

Etymograph / roundarm