giro

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gew-“to curve, to bend”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromγῦρος“circle”
3. Latin · derived fromgyrus“circle”
4. Italian · derived fromgiro“circulation”
5. English todaygiro

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”).

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