rol

role; roleplaying games

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin rotulusder. Medieval Latin rollusbor. Middle French rolle French rôlebor. English rolebor. Spanish rol Borrowed from English role.

roll, list

Borrowed from Catalan rol (“roll”), from Late Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rótula.