rotella

See also: Rotella

English

Etymology

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rowel.

Noun

rotella

1. A disc.
2. A round shield.

Anagrams

• reallot, tallero

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: ro‧tèl‧la

Noun

rotella f (plural rotelle)

1. small wheel (in any context); roller; roller skate
2. (usually in the plural) wheel-shaped pasta
3. a small round shield used in the 16th century
4. (anatomy) rotula

   Synonym: rotula

Related terms

• ruota
• rotella tagliapasta (pastry wheel)

Anagrams

• Tellaro, allerto, allertò, rollate, tallero, tollera

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rota

Latin -ellus

Latin rotella

From rota (“wheel”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive suffix) or rotula +‎ -lus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɔˈtɛl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [roˈt̪ɛl.la]

Noun

rotella f (genitive rotellae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) small wheel

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rotella	rotellae
genitive	rotellae	rotellārum
dative	rotellae	rotellīs
accusative	rotellam	rotellās
ablative	rotellā	rotellīs
vocative	rotella	rotellae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rotella
  • Sicilian: rutedda
  • Venetan: rodèła, ruèła
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: rudiele
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: rodela
  • Lombard: rodela
  • Piedmontese: roela
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern:
    • Old French: rodele, roele
      • French: rouelle
      • → English: rowel
  • Southern:
    • Catalan: rodella
    • Occitan: rodèla
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: arrodèra
  • Asturian: rodilla, rodiella
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: rodela
    • Galician: rodela
    • Portuguese: rodela
  • Old Spanish: rodiella
    • Spanish: rodilla

References

• "rotella", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “rotella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• rotella in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016