English
circulus
Circulus comes from Latin circulus ‘circle’, and goes back to circus ‘a circular line or orbit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculus‘circle’
- Englishtodaysame form
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’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
short, across, share, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, crucial, scare, curve, carnival, scar, cancellation, skirt, scrutiny, shrine, crest, curb, corona, shear, scorpion, shred, carnage, incarceration, raffle, corolla, scorn, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, riddance, crepe, carcinoma, corgi, ruck, shrew, chancel, 116 more
through Latin circus ‘a circular line or orbit’
through Latin circulus ‘circle’
Today it means
noun A social group of reptiles where there is interaction and personal exchange between individuals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin circus / circulus