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
- to ring, hoop, encircle
Ancestry of “cercler”, step by step
cercler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin circlāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | circlāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | circulāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | circulari | dative masculine singular of circulāris; dative... |
| 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 |