English
circulatory
Circulatory comes from Latin circulatorius ‘itinerant’, from circulor ‘to gather a circle of people around oneself’, and ultimately from circus ‘a circular line or orbit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculus‘circle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculor‘to gather a circle of people around oneself’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculātor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculatorius‘itinerant’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcirculatoire
- Englishtodaycirculatory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculus‘circle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculor‘to gather a circle of people around oneself’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculātor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculatorius‘itinerant’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcirculatoire
- Englishtodaycirculatory
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, crucial, scare, curve, carnival, skirt, scar, scrutiny, shrine, crest, curb, cancellation, shear, shred, carnage, corona, scorpion, raffle, incarceration, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, scorn, riddance, carcinoma, crepe, corolla, ruck, shrew, carnivorous, chancel, 116 more
through Latin circus ‘a circular line or orbit’
through Latin circulus ‘circle’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin circus / circulatory