English
circumclusion
Circumclusion comes from Latin circumclūdō ‘to enclose’, from clūdō ‘to close’, and ultimately from circus ‘a circular line or orbit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclūdō‘to close’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumclūdōas circumcludere‘to enclose’
- Englishtodaycircumclusion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclūdō‘to close’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumclūdōas circumcludere‘to enclose’
- Englishtodaycircumclusion
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend’
short, across, share, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, crucial, scare, curve, carnival, skirt, scar, scrutiny, shrine, crest, curb, cancellation, shear, shred, carnage, coronary, corona, raffle, corolla, scorn, scorpion, shrewd, incarceration, crux, shard, carnal, carcinoma, riddance, crepe, corgi, ruck, shrew, 113 more
through Latin circus ‘a circular line or orbit’
circle, circulation, circa, circulate, cirque, circulatory, 15 more
Today it means
noun The act of enclosing on all sides.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin circus / circumclusion