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