Etymology

circular

cir·cu·lar
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Today it means: Of or relating to a circle. Full definition →

Middle English circuler ← Old French circulier ← Late Latin circularis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcirculus
  2. Late Latin · derived fromcircularis
  3. Old French · derived fromcirculier
  4. Middle English · inherited fromcirculer
  5. English todaycircular

From Middle English circuler, circuleer, circulere, from Old French circulier (French circulaire), from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus (“ring”). By surface analysis, circle + -ar.

Words from the same roots

Latincirculus all →

circlecirculecirculizecirculus

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