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The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκίρκος“circle, ring”
2. Latin · derived fromcirca“around, near, about”
3. Late Latin · derived fromcircāre“to traverse, go about”
4. Italian · derived fromcercare“to look for”
5. English todaycharper

From Italian cercare (“to look for”), from Late Latin circāre (“to traverse, go about”), from Latin circa (“around, near, about”), circus (“a circular line or orbit”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”).

Words from the same roots