Where does “circulaire” come from?
circulaire (French) comes from Latin circulāris, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
circulaire (French): circular; decree; election leaflet
Definitions
- circular; decree; election leaflet
Ancestry of “circulaire”, step by step
circulaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin circulāris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | circulāris | circular, round |
| 2 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Late Latin circularis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | circularis | circular round; circular, round |