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Where does “neurocircuit” come from?

neurocircuit (English) comes from English circuit, from Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.

neurocircuit (English): Any control mechanism that regulates neural...

Definitions

  1. Any control mechanism that regulates neural...

Ancestry of “neurocircuit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcircuitThe act of moving or revolving around, or as in a...
2Middle Englishcircuit—
3Old Frenchcircuit—
4Latincircuituspatrol; circuit; revolution
5Latincircumeō—
6Latineō—
7Proto-ItaliceōI go
8Proto-Italicejō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →