Etymograph

English

circule

Circule may come from Latin circulus ‘circle’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculus1‘circle’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1967circule1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English circule
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1967, as published in 1997, Foreword to the First Edition II: “When a single word in the text has a…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculusWiktionary, English circule‘circle’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1967circuleWiktionary, English circule. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1967, as published in 1997, Foreword to the First Edition II: “When a single word in the text has a…”

The story

Either borrowed from Latin circulus, or from circle + -ule.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Latin circulus ‘circle’

circle, 6 more

Today it means

noun A small circle, used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a note.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “circule”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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