Etymology

circumscription

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Today it means: The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed. Full definition →

Latin circumscrīptiō ← Proto-Italic *skreiβō ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
  3. Latincircus
  4. Latincircum
  5. Latincircum-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  9. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  10. Latinscrībō
  11. Latincircumscribō
  12. Latincircumscrīptiō
  13. English todaycircumscription

Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiō.

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