Etymology

circumambages

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Today it means: Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions. Full definition →

English ambages ← Latin circum- ← Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)
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  1. Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
  2. Latincircus
  3. Latincircum
  4. Latincircum-
  5. Englishcircum-
  6. Englishambages
  7. English todaycircumambages

From circum- + ambages.

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