Etymology of the English word circlet
the English word
circletderived from the Old French word
cercletderived from the Old French word
cerclederived from the Latin word
circulus (circle; orbit, zone)
derived from the Latin word
circus (race course; circus in Rome, celebration of games)
derived from the Greek word
kirkosderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kirk-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sker- (to turn, bend)
Date
The earliest known usage of circlet in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
