Where does “circulare” come from?
circulare (Late Latin) comes from Latin circulor, 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.
circulare (Late Latin): nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of...
Definitions
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of...
Ancestry of “circulare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | circulor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 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 |