Etymology of the Latin word circare
the Latin word
circare (traverse; go about; wander through)
derived from the Latin word
circaderived 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)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
circum (around)
Derivations in Latin
circator,
circumcircare,
in-circareDerivations in other languages
Albanian
kërkoj, French
cerchier, French
chercher, Italian
cercare, Portuguese
cercar, Romanian
cerca, Spanish
cercarUsage
Word found in Late Latin, Vulgar Latin
