English
circinate
Circinate comes from Latin circinō ‘to make round’, from circinus ‘pair of compasses’, and ultimately from circus ‘a circular line or orbit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircinus‘pair of compasses’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircinō‘to make round’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircinatuspast participle of circinō
- Englishtodaycircinate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircinus‘pair of compasses’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircinō‘to make round’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircinatuspast participle of circinō
- Englishtodaycircinate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
short, across, share, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, curve, crucial, scare, carnival, curb, scar, skirt, crest, cancellation, scrutiny, shrine, shear, scorpion, shred, coronary, corona, raffle, corolla, scorn, carnage, shrewd, crux, shard, incarceration, riddance, crepe, carnivorous, corgi, carnal, ruck, shrew, 111 more
through Latin circus ‘a circular line or orbit’
circle, circuit, circulation, circus, circa, cirque, circulate, circulatory, 13 more
Today it means
adj Of a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin circus / circinate