Etymology of the Latin word circumpendere
the Latin word
circumpendere (hang around, be suspended all around)
derived from the Latin word
pendere (hang, hang down; depend; weigh out; pay, pay out)
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
kirkosderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kirk-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sker- (to turn, bend)
