English
circumcursation
Circumcursation comes from Latin circumcursō ‘to run about’, 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 CEcursō‘to run around’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumcursōas circumcursare‘to run about’
- Englishtodaycircumcursation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircus‘a circular line or orbit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcursō‘to run around’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumcursōas circumcursare‘to run about’
- Englishtodaycircumcursation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend’
short, across, share, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, crucial, scare, carnival, curve, skirt, scar, shrine, crest, scrutiny, curb, shear, cancellation, shred, carnage, coronary, corona, raffle, corolla, scorpion, scorn, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, carcinoma, riddance, incarceration, crepe, carnivorous, corgi, ruck, 113 more
through Latin circus ‘a circular line or orbit’
circle, circa, circulation, cirque, circulate, circulatory, 15 more
Today it means
noun The act of running or rambling around.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin circus / circumcursation