Where does “Circe” come from?

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

Circe (Middle French): Circe

Definitions

  1. Circe

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 →