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Where does “cercler” come from?

cercler (French) comes from Latin circlāre, from Latin circulāre, from Latin circulari, 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.

cercler (French): to ring, hoop, encircle

Definitions

  1. to ring, hoop, encircle

Ancestry of “cercler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincirclāre—
2Latincirculāre—
3Latincircularidative masculine singular of circulāris; dative...
4Latincirculuscircle; An orbit; A ring, hoop
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “cercler”

  • cercler
  • cercle
  • encerclement
  • encercler
  • ansèkle
  • sèk
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