myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of circo

Etymology of the Italian word circo

the Italian word circo

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)

Dutch circus, English circus, French cirque, German Zirkus, Lithuanian cirkas, Norwegian sirkus, Polish cyrk, Russian циpк, Swedish cirkus