Where does “circulator” come from?
Circulator derives from Latin circulātor, an agent noun from Latin circulāre, from Latin circulus meaning circle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to turn or bend.
circulator (English): A person or thing that causes something to...
Definitions
- A person or thing that causes something to...
Ancestry of “circulator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | circulate | to move in circles or through a circuit; to cause... |
| 2 | Latin | circulatus | rounded |
| 3 | Latin | circulō | — |
| 4 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |