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Where does “circulo” come from?

circulo (Late Latin) comes from Latin circulari, 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.

circulo (Late Latin): make circular, encircle; I make circular, round,...

Definitions

  1. make circular, encircle; I make circular, round,...

Ancestry of “circulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincircularidative masculine singular of circulāris; dative...
2Latincirculuscircle; An orbit; A ring, hoop
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “circulo”

  • circulate
  • recirculation
  • circulator
  • recirculate
  • circulative
  • cocirculate
  • noncirculative
  • circulatable
  • circulatus
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