Where does “cercelet” come from?
cercelet (Old French) comes from Old French cercel, from Latin circellus, 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.
cercelet (Old French): little crown
Definitions
- little crown
Ancestry of “cercelet”, step by step
cercelet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French cercel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cercel | — |
| 2 | Latin | circellus | small ring, hoop; earing |
| 3 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |