circumvention
Meaningthe act or result of coming around
Common meaning: the act or result of circumventing
- circuma ring; aroundLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 335 · scan
- ventto comeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1969 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘a ring’ + ‘to come’ → circumvention
Journey through time
- Latincircumsource
- Latinueniresource
Parts join in Latin as circumuenire.
- Latincircumuenire‘to surround, to trick’source
- Englishcircumvent‘to find a way round a rule or an obstacle’
- Englishformed in English from circumventcircumvention‘the act or result of circumventing’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: the act or result of coming around. It can be inferred from any of: circumvent.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from circumvent + -ion (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- circus; circum Latin “a ring; around”
- veniō, vēnī, ventum Latin “to come”
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