Where does “-cir-” come from?
-cir- (English) comes from English circulatory, from French circulatoire, from Latin circulatorius, from Latin circulator, from Latin circulor, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
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Ancestry of “-cir-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circulatory | Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to... |
| 2 | French | circulatoire | circulatory |
| 3 | Latin | circulatorius | itinerant |
| 4 | Latin | circulator | itinerant peddler or performer; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | circulor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |