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Where does “circlāre” come from?

circlāre (Latin) comes from Latin circulāre, 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.

Ancestry of “circlāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincirculāre—
2Latincircularidative masculine singular of circulāris; dative...
3Latincirculuscircle; An orbit; A ring, hoop
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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