myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of circumferentia

Etymology of the Latin word circumferentia

the Latin word circumferentia (circumference)

derived from the Latin word circumferens

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)