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Where does “cerner” come from?

cerner (French) comes from Latin circino, from Latin circinus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

cerner (French): to surround; to figure out

Definitions

  1. to surround; to figure out

Ancestry of “cerner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincircinoI round, make round; I fly through in a circular...
2LatincircinusA pair of compasses; a tool for measuring...
3Latin-īnus—
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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