myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of circumferre

Etymology of the Latin word circumferre

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)