Where does “circuitously” come from?
circuitously (English) comes from English circuitous, from Latin circuitōsus, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
circuitously (English): In a circuitous manner; following a circuitous...
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- In a circuitous manner; following a circuitous...
Ancestry of “circuitously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circuitous | Not direct or to the point; Of a long and winding... |
| 2 | Latin | circuitōsus | — |
| 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 |