roll
‘to turn on an axis, revolve, move round and round’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. rool, rolle, role, rowle < O.F. roeller ‘roll, wheel round’ < Med.Lat. rotulare < Lat. rotula < rota ‘wheel’< role < ret- < Tamil uruḷ
roll
‘to turn on an axis, revolve, move round and round’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. rool, rolle, role, rowle < O.F. roeller ‘roll, wheel round’ < Med.Lat. rotulare < Lat. rotula < rota ‘wheel’< role < ret- < Tamil uruḷ
English words derived from Tamil uruḷ connoting ‘roll’