Word Mix-Up: ROLE and ROLL

ROLE: The noun "role" refers to the part that a character plays. It comes to English from French rôle (Old French rolle), which was literally the roll of paper on which an actor's part was written.

ROLL: The noun "roll" has a similar origin: it comes to English from Old French rolle, which is in turn from Latin rotulus, meaning a roll of paper; compare Latin rotula, meaning a small wheel, from the word rota, "wheel" which gives us English "rotate."  The meaning of "roll" as dough which is rolled before being baked goes back to the 15th century.

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