retundus

Latin

Etymology

Variant of Classical rotundus, attested from the seventh century CE. May have developed via dissimilation and/or influence from the suffix re-.

It has also been suggested that retundus is really the original Latin form, despite first being attested around a millennium after rotundus; see there for more.[1]

Pronunciation

(Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /reˈtʊndʊs/
(Proto-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /reˈdondos/

Adjective

retundus (feminine retunda, neuter retundum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

round

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	retundus	retunda	retundum	retundī	retundae	retunda
Genitive	retundī	retundae	retundī	retundōrum	retundārum	retundōrum
Dative	retundō	retundae	retundō	retundīs
Accusative	retundum	retundam	retundum	retundōs	retundās	retunda
Ablative	retundō	retundā	retundō	retundīs
Vocative	retunde	retunda	retundum	retundī	retundae	retunda

Derived terms

*tundus

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: rătund
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: ritondo (archaic)
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: retundu, redundu
North Italian:
- Ligurian: rióndo, róndo
- Lombard: redond, radond
- Piedmontese: riond, ariond
- Romansch: raduond, raund, radond, radund
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: riond
- Old French: reont
  - French: rond
  - Norman: rond
  - Walloon: rond
  - → Middle Dutch: ront
    - Dutch: rond
  - → Middle English: rounde (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle High German: runt
    - German: rund
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: redon ⇒? rodon
  - Catalan: redó, rodó
- Gascon: arredond, ardon
- Occitan: redond
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: redondo
- Asturian: redondu
- Galician: redondo
- Portuguese: redondo
- Spanish: redondo

References

Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/reˈtʊnd-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

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[1] Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/reˈtʊnd-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.