Where does “miscirculate” come from?
miscirculate (English) comes from English circulate, from Latin circulatus, from Latin circulō, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
miscirculate (English): To circulate badly, such as among the wrong people or not widely enough
Definitions
- To circulate badly, such as among the wrong people or not widely enough
Ancestry of “miscirculate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circulate | to move in circles or through a circuit; to cause... |
| 2 | Latin | circulatus | rounded |
| 3 | Latin | circulō | to make circular, round, curved |
| 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 | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |