English
circensian
Circensian comes from Latin circēnsis ‘circus’, and goes back to circus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircēnsis‘circus’
- Englishtodaycircensian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircēnsis‘circus’
- Englishtodaycircensian
Formed from -i- + -an
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend’
short, across, share, card, cross, score, screen, cancer, shirt, curve, scare, crucial, carnival, curb, skirt, scar, scrutiny, shrine, crest, cancellation, corona, shear, scorpion, shred, carnage, raffle, corolla, incarceration, scorn, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, crepe, carcinoma, carnivorous, corgi, ruck, shrew, scurvy, 111 more
through Latin circus ‘a circular line or orbit’
circle, circuit, circulation, circus, circa, circulate, cirque, circulatory, 13 more
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin circus / circensian