" which was applied by Romans to circular arenas for performances and contests and oval courses for racing (especially theCircus Maximus), from or cognate with Greekkirkos"a circle, a ring," perhaps from PIE*kikro-, reduplicated form of root*sker-(2) "to turn, bend." The adjective form...
The Latin word is a loan-translation of Greek peristasis. Meaning "a person's surroundings, environment" is from mid-14c. Meaning "a particular detail, matter of small consequence" is from c. 1300; sense of "that which is non-essential" is from 1590s. Obsolete sense of "formality about...
A neologism (/niːˈɒlədʒɪzəm/; from Greek νέο- néo-, "new" and λόγος lógos, "speech, utterance") is a relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted...
" which was applied by Romans to circular arenas for performances and contests and oval courses for racing (especially theCircus Maximus), from or cognate with Greekkirkos"a circle, a ring," perhaps from PIE*kikro-, reduplicated form of root*sker-(2) "to turn, bend." The adjective form...
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit valate "turns round," ulvam "womb, vulva;" Lithuanian valtis "twine, net," vilnis "wave," apvalus "round;" Old Church Slavonic valiti "roll, welter," vlŭna "wave;" Greek eluein "to roll round,...
or directly from Latin navigationem (nominative navigatio) "a sailing, navigation, voyage," noun of action from past-participle stem of navigare "to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship," from navis "ship" (from PIE root *nau- "boat") + root of agere "to set in motion, ...
1590s, "surrounding, encircling," from Latinambientem(nominativeambiens) "a going around," present participle ofambire"to go around, go about," fromamb-"around" (from PIE root*ambhi-"around") +ire"go" (from PIE root*ei-"to go"). The notion of "going all around" led to the sens...
1530s, "act of moving on water in ships or other vessels," from Frenchnavigation(14c.) or directly from Latinnavigationem(nominativenavigatio) "a sailing, navigation, voyage," noun of action from past-participle stem ofnavigare"to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship," fromnavis"shi...