myEtymology.com: French etymology of cerchier

Etymology of the French word cerchier

the Old French word cerchier

derived from the Latin word circare (traverse; go about; wander through)

derived from the Latin word circa

derived from the Latin word circus (race course; circus in Rome, celebration of games)

derived from the Greek word kirkos

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kirk-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker- (to turn, bend)

derived from the Medieval Latin word circum (around)

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