(an area), whether circular or not; a circular or circuitous course," from Old Frenchcircuit(14c.) "a circuit; a journey (around something)," from Latincircuitus"a going around," from stem ofcircuire,circumire"go around," fromcircum"round" (seecircum-) +ire"to go" (from PIE root*...
word-forming element meaning "around, round about, all around, on all sides," from Latin adverb and prepositioncircum"around, round about," literally "in a circle," probably accusative form ofcircus"ring" (seecircus). The Latin word was commonly used in word-formation. In French, the eleme...
"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." ...
from Latin circumstantia "surrounding condition," neuter plural of circumstans (genitive circumstantis), present participle of circumstare "stand around, surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of" from circum "around" (see circum-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, ...
word-forming element meaning "around, round about, all around, on all sides," from Latin adverb and prepositioncircum"around, round about," literally "in a circle," probably accusative form ofcircus"ring" (seecircus). The Latin word was commonly used in word-formation. In French, the eleme...
The Latin word was commonly used in word-formation. In French, the element became circon-; Kitchin points out that con for cum is common even in classical Latin. For sense development, compare German rings "around." *wel- (3) Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to turn, revolve," with ...
"to sail round, pass round by water," 1630s, from Latin circumnavigatus, past participle… See origin and meaning of circumnavigate.
word-forming element meaning "around, round about, all around, on all sides," from Latin adverb and prepositioncircum"around, round about," literally "in a circle," probably accusative form ofcircus"ring" (seecircus). The Latin word was commonly used in word-formation. In French, the eleme...