The story
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
- Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
- Latincircus
- Latincircum
- Latincircum-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Latinstō
- Latincircumstō
- Latincircumstāns
- Latincircumstāntia
- Old Frenchcirconstance
- Middle Englishcircumstaunce
- English todaycircumstance
From Middle English circumstaunce, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia.
Words from the same roots
Latincircumstantia all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.