Where does “uncircuitously” come from?
uncircuitously (English) comes from English uncircuitous, from English circuitous, from Latin circuitōsus, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.
uncircuitously (English): In an uncircuitous manner
Definitions
- In an uncircuitous manner
Ancestry of “uncircuitously”, step by step
uncircuitously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncircuitous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncircuitous | Not circuitous |
| 2 | English | circuitous | Not direct or to the point; Of a long and winding... |
| 3 | Latin | circuitōsus | — |
| 4 | Latin | circuitus | patrol; circuit; revolution |
| 5 | Latin | circumeō | to go, travel or march around; to circulate |
| 6 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |