Where does “ċċirkoskriva” come from?
ċċirkoskriva (Maltese) comes from Italian circoscrivere, from Latin circumscrībō, from Latin circum-, from Latin circum, from Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κρίκος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
ċċirkoskriva (Maltese): to circumscribe
Definitions
- to circumscribe
Ancestry of “ċċirkoskriva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | circoscrivere | to circumscribe, encompass; to mark out; to... |
| 2 | Latin | circumscrībō | to draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe |
| 3 | Latin | circum- | circum- round, about |
| 4 | Latin | circum | about, around; in a circle, all around, on both... |
| 5 | Latin | circus | a circular line or orbit; circle, ring; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίκος | ring |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |