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rotation (n.)
1550s, from Latin
rotationem
(nominative
rotatio
), noun of action from past participle stem of
rotare
"revolve, roll," from PIE
*roto-
(see
rotary
).
Rotator
"muscle which allows a part to be moved circularly" is recorded from 1670s.
