Reconstruction:Latin/circa

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 This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From Latin circus (“ring, hoop”), either a direct feminization of it or a deverbal of circāre, itself a verb based on circus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡serka/, /ˈt͡ʃ-/

Noun

*circa f (plural *circās) (Proto-Western-Romance)

  1. surrounding structure

Descendants

  • Old Catalan: cerca (“enclosure”)
    • Catalan: cerca
    • → Medieval Latin: cercas (hapax, only found as plural)
  • Old French: cerche (“circular structure”)
  • Old Northern Italian: cerca (“enclosure”)
  • Portuguese: cerca (“fence, enclosing wall”)
  • Spanish: cerca (“fence, enclosing wall”)

References

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