Where does “ansèkle” come from?
ansèkle (Haitian Creole) comes from French encercler, from French cercle, from Old French cercle, 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.
ansèkle (Haitian Creole): To circle
Ancestry of “ansèkle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | encercler | circle; ring round, circle round; surround,... |
| 2 | French | cercle | circle; group of people, circle; first-person... |
| 3 | Old French | cercle | 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |