round
‘spherical in shape; circular in outline’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. roonde, rount, rond, rounde, rownd < A.F. rounde < O.F.roont < Mod.F. rond < redond < Vulgar Lat. retundus < Prov. redon < Span. redondo < O.Ital. ritondo < Lat. rotundus ‘like a wheel, circular, round’ < rota ‘a wheel’ < Med.Lat. rotarius ‘pertaining to wheels’ < Lat. rota ‘a wheel, a potter’s wheel; wheel for torture’ < rawnd < ret- < Tamil uruḷ