Where does “cirkelo” come from?
cirkelo (Esperanto) comes from Polish cyrkiel, from Old Polish cyrkiel, from German Zirkel, 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.
cirkelo (Esperanto): compass tool used for drawing circles
Definitions
- compass tool used for drawing circles
Ancestry of “cirkelo”, step by step
cirkelo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish cyrkiel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | cyrkiel | compass, pair of compasses |
| 2 | Old Polish | cyrkiel | compass, pair of compasses |
| 3 | German | Zirkel | compass; circle |
| 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 |
via Latin circinus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | circinus | A pair of compasses; a tool for measuring... |
| 2 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Russian ци́ркуль
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ци́ркуль | pair of compasses |