circo Latin · revision 10032

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Gromatici|origins=la circus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɪr.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈt͡ʃir.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''circō''' (present infinitive circāre, perfect active circāvī, supine circātum); first conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|circus|-ō|t1=circle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL derives it from [[circum]] or [[circā]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite the land surveyors (''Gromatici''), of going round a hill.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go about, traverse, go round, as of a mountain in the surveyors, and to wander about.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It is the source of Italian ''cercare'', French ''chercher'' and Catalan ''cercar'' “to seek”, and English ''search'' (c. 1300) comes from Old French ''cerchier'', from Late Latin ''circāre'' “to go about”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1300 – English ''search'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go round, [[m|en|traverse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To wander about.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circitō]]

+ * [[circumcirco]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circus]]

+ * [[circum]]

+ * [[en|search]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}