{"id":1322,"date":"2021-08-07T12:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T12:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2021-08-15T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T11:56:58","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-21-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology 21 &#8211; Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 21 &amp;#8211; Circle\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-07T12:37:42+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word circle [\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0.k\u0259\u026b \/ \u02c8s\u025d.k\u0259\u026b].\n\n\n\nDefinition:\n\n \tA shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area, every part of which is the same distance from the centre of the area.\n\n[source]\n\nIt comes from the Mid...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3516\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1322-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1322-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"circle2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word <strong>circle<\/strong> [\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0.k\u0259\u026b \/ \u02c8s\u025d.k\u0259\u026b].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/32607229980\/in\/photolist-SatGQr-27DifaY-21xQG2n-RFozsm-cS94GL-5dwHFc-5dBeLs\" title=\"Circles made with fire poi on Brighton beach\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3851\/32607229980_3561978163_z.jpg\" alt=\"Circles made with fire poi on Brighton beach\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area, every part of which is the same distance from the centre of the area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/circle\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English word <em>circle, cercle<\/em>, from the Old French <em>cercle<\/em> [\u02c8tser.kl\u0259] (circle), from the Latin <em>circulus<\/em> [\u02c8k\u026a\u027ek\u028a\u026b\u032a\u028as\u0320] (circle, orbit, ring, hoop, necklace, chain, company, group), a diminutive of <em>circus<\/em> [\u02c8k\u026a\u027ek\u028as\u0320] (orbit, circle, ring, racecourse, circus), from the Ancient Greek <em>\u03ba\u03af\u03c1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> [k\u00edr.kos] (type of hawk, or falcon, type of wolf, circle, ring, racecourse, circus), from the PIE <em>*(s)ker-<\/em> (to bend, turn) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/circle\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Some English words from the same root include: <strong>ring<\/strong>, <strong>rink<\/strong>, <strong>cross<\/strong>, <strong>crown<\/strong>, <strong>corona<\/strong>, <strong>curb<\/strong>, <strong>curtain<\/strong>, <strong>curve<\/strong>, <strong>crisp<\/strong> and <strong>crest<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*(s)ker-_(turn)\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k2hvHzRuITM\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k2hvHzRuITM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Circle\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-07T12:37:42+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word circle [\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0.k\u0259\u026b \/ \u02c8s\u025d.k\u0259\u026b].\n\n\n\nDefinition:\n\n \tA shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area, every part of which is the same distance from the centre of the area.\n\n[source]\n\nIt comes from the Mid...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3517\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1322-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1322-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/circle2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"circle2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word circle [\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0.k\u0259\u026b \/ \u02c8s\u025d.k\u0259\u026b]. Definition: A shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area, every part of which is the same distance from the centre of the area. [source] It comes from the Middle English word circle, cercle, from the Old French cercle [\u02c8tser.kl\u0259] (circle), from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,97,20,56,4,50,58,109,1,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-ancient-greek-","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-indo-european"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1355,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}