Etymograph

English

sarcelled

Sarcelled comes from Latin circellus ‘small ring, hoop’, and goes back to circulus ‘circle’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculus1‘circle’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircellus1‘small ring, hoop’diminutive of circulus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cercel1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1828sarcelled1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sarcelled
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica: “Cross, quarterly, quartered, couped, ends sarcelled and reverted.”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirculusWiktionary, English sarcelled‘circle’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircellusWiktionary, English sarcelled‘small ring, hoop’diminutive of circulus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cercelWiktionary, English sarcelled
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1828sarcelledWiktionary, English sarcelled. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica: “Cross, quarterly, quartered, couped, ends sarcelled and reverted.”

Linked words

through Latin circulus ‘circle’

circle, circulation, circulate, circulatory, 3 more

Today it means

adj Sarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sarcelled”. 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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