Latin
circum
‘around’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin circum.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin circum, most familiar first.
- circuit ← circuitus ← circuire
- circa
- circumambient
- circannual ← circā
- circumbendibus
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Etymograph / Latin circum