myEtymology.com: French etymology of redonder

Etymology of the French word redonder

the Old French word redonder

derived from the Latin word redundare (overflow; be too numerous)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word undare (to flow; surge, flood, rise in waves)

derived from the Late Latin word unda (wave)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-

English redound

Italian ridondare, Spanish redundar

Word found in Old French