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- Latin · calque ofcircumdō“to surround”
- English todaygive about
(to surround): Calque of Latin circumdō (“to surround”), which is formed from circum- (“around, about”) + dō (“give”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
give about
Today it means: to distribute or circulate something Full definition →
Latin circumdō