Where does “encirclement” come from?
Encirclement comes from English encircle, from Old French -ment and Latin -mentum (suffix denoting result or action), combined with English circle, from Old French cercle, from Latin circulus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to turn or bend.
encirclement (English): The act of encircling or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of encircling or the state of being...
Ancestry of “encirclement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encircle | To surround, form a circle around; To move or go... |
| 2 | English | circle | A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line,... |
| 3 | Middle English | circle | — |
| 4 | Old French | cercle | circle |
| 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 |