rota C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈroʊtə/ UK /ˈrəʊtə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a roster showing a rotation of duties among people According to the rota, it was Tom's turn to lock up. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a roster showing a rotation... rosterschedulerotationlistrolltimetable Word family Related forms rotaterotationrosterrotund Etymology AI details From Latin rota ('wheel'), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂o- ('wheel'); the sense of a rotating schedule of duties developed from the notion of turning. rota Latin *Hroth₂o- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # rota **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈroʊtə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈrəʊtə/ ## Meanings 1. a roster showing a rotation of duties among people ## Examples - According to the rota, it was Tom's turn to lock up. ## Synonyms - roster - schedule - rotation - list - roll - timetable ## Related Forms - rotate - rotation - roster - rotund ## Roots and Affixes - Root: rota - Root: *Hroth₂o- ## Etymology From Latin rota ('wheel'), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂o- ('wheel'); the sense of a rotating schedule of duties developed from the notion of turning. ## AI Etymology Rota comes from Latin rota ('wheel'), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂o- ('wheel'); the sense of a rotating schedule of duties developed from the notion of turning. The historical chain includes Latin rota and Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂o-. Older glosses in the chain include "wheel", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, rota is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a roster showing a rotation of duties among people". related forms include rotate, rotation, roster, and rotund. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - People & Society markdown