Where does “anticircumflex” come from?
anticircumflex (Catalan) comes from English circumflex, from Latin circumflexus, from Latin circumflecto, from Latin circum-, from Latin circum, from Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κρίκος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
anticircumflex (Catalan): caron, háček (ˇ)
Definitions
- caron, háček (ˇ)
Ancestry of “anticircumflex”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circumflex | A diacritical mark placed over a vowel in the... |
| 2 | Latin | circumflexus | bent around |
| 3 | Latin | circumflecto | I bend around |
| 4 | Latin | circum- | circum- round, about |
| 5 | Latin | circum | about, around; in a circle, all around, on both... |
| 6 | Latin | circus | a circular line or orbit; circle, ring; a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίκος | ring |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |