rota
pronunciation
How to pronounce rota in British English:
UK [ˈrəʊtə]
How to pronounce rota in American English:
US [ˈroʊtə]
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- Noun:
- a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties
Word Origin
- rota
- rota: [17] Latin rota denoted ‘wheel’: it came ultimately from a prehistoric Indo-European base *reth- meaning ‘run, roll’, which also produced German rad ‘wheel’. It was introduced into English in 1659 by the republican James Harrington as the name for a political club he founded to advocate his idea that government office should be held in rotation. Derivatives of rota have contributed richly to English.Medieval Latin rotārius has given rotary [18]. From the verb rotāre ‘revolve’ have come rotate [19] and, via its Spanish descendant rodear, rodeo [19] (etymologically a ‘roundingup’ or ‘surrounding’ of cattle). Rotundus, a derivative of rotāre, has produced rotund [18] and round. The diminutive form rotulus has given control and roll.And roue ‘wheel’, the French descendant of rota, is the source of roué [18], etymologically someone broken on the ‘wheel’.=> control, prune, rodeo, roll, rondo, rotate, rotund, round
Example
- 1. The music by nino rota is of a perfect piece with the material .
- 2. The office work was shared on a rota system .
- 3. Many rows ensued regarding the work rota and how to spend the community budget even some punch ups between some of the men .
- 4. The northern mariana islands include saipan , tinian and rota ( formerly the marianas . )
- 5. The characters are forever in motion , and rota gives them music for their processions and parades .