circonstance.
circumstance, situation
Meaning & usage
circumstance, situation
en d'autres circonstances
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin circumstō Latin circumstāns Latin circumstāntiaslbor. Old French circonstance French circonstance Inherited from Old French circonstance, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumstāntia.
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