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Where does “circuit” come from?

circuit (Romanian) comes from French circuit, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

circuit (Romanian): circuit

Definitions

  1. circuit

Ancestry of “circuit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcircuitcircuit; tour
2Latincircuituspatrol; circuit; revolution
3Latincircumeō—
4Latineō—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →