Etymology

circumpunct

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Today it means: A symbol consisting of a point or dot surrounded by a circle (ʘ). Full definition →

Latin circum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompūnctum“point”
  2. Latin · derived fromcircum“around”
  3. English todaycircumpunct

From Latin circum (“around”) + Latin pūnctum (“point”).

Words from the same roots

Latincircum all →

circumambientcircumbendibus

Latinpūnctum all →

pointpuntopontopunctatepunctumpunctiformpunctiliopunctopunty

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.