Where does “circe” come from?

circe (Italian) comes from Latin circe, from Ancient Greek Κίρκη, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

circe (Italian): enchantress

Definitions

  1. enchantress

Ancestry of “circe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincircevocative singular of circus
2Ancient GreekΚίρκηCirce
3Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek Κίρκη →
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