Latin

circus

‘circle, circus’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin circus.

22 English words in this record descend from Latin circus, most familiar first.

• circle ← cercle ← circulus
• circuit ← circuitus ← circuire ← circum
• circus
• circulation ← circulacioun ← circulatio ← circulor ← circulus
• circa ← circum
• circulate ← circulātus ← circulō ← circulus
• cirque
• circulatory ← circulatoire ← circulatorius ← circulātor ← circulor
• circumspection ← circumspeccioun ← circonspection ← circumspectio ← circumspiciō
• unsearchable ← unserchable ← serchen ← sercher ← circō
• circulus
• circumambient ← circum

More words from circus

• circumaural
• circinate
• circination
• circannual
• circumforanean
• circumbendibus
• circumclusion
• circumspective
• circumcursation
• circensian
• search

Etymograph / Latin circus