The story
- Latin · derived fromcircum“around”
- English todaycircumambient
From Latin circum (“around”) + ambiō, from amb- (“both side”) + eō (“go”), literally "go on both sides of". Synchronically circum- + ambient.
Words from the same roots
Latincircum all →
circumbendibuscircumpunct
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.