Where does “circuit” come from?
Circuit comes from Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus, the past participle of circuire meaning to go around, derived from circum meaning around.
circuit (English): The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a...
Definitions
- The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a...
Ancestry of “circuit”, step by step
circuit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English circuit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | circuit | — |
| 2 | Old French | circuit | — |
| 3 | Latin | circuitus | patrol; circuit; revolution |
| 4 | Latin | circumeō | to go, travel or march around; to circulate |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Chinese Mandarin 道
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Mandarin | 道 | — |