Etymology

circumbendibus

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Today it means: indirect or roundabout Full definition →

Latin circum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived from-ibus
  2. Latin · derived fromcircum“round about”
  3. English todaycircumbendibus

* From Latin circum (“round about”) (compare English circum-) + English bend + Latin -ibus

Words from the same roots

Latincircum all →

circumambientcircumpunct

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