myEtymology.com: French etymology of circonference

Etymology of the French word circonference

the Old French word circonference

derived from the Latin word circumferre (carry, hand, pass)

derived from the Latin word ferre (to carry; to bear; bring, bear; tell)

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

using the Late Latin prefix circum-

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)

Word found in Old French