cerce
French
noun
Definitions
- (architecture) curve of an arch
- (maths) spline
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French serche inherited from Old French cerche (search, margin, edge) inherited from Latin *circa, circus (circle, ring, racecourse, circus, space for games).
Origin
Latin
circus
Gloss
circle, ring, racecourse, circus, space for games
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
輪
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- circus English
- *circa Latin
- *circārium Latin
- circa Latin
- circensis Latin
- circiter Latin
- circo Latin
- circulus Latin
- circus Latin
- circō Latin
- Zirkus German
- circo Italian
- circus Dutch, Flemish
- cirque French
- цирк Russian
- cerca Spanish, Castilian
- cerco Spanish, Castilian
- cerquísima Spanish, Castilian
- circo Spanish, Castilian
- κίρκος Ancient Greek
- *sker Proto-Indo-European
- sirkus Norwegian Bokmål
- cerca Portuguese
- cerquilha Portuguese
- circo Portuguese
- cyrk Polish
- sirkus Norwegian Nynorsk
- serche Middle English
- serge Middle English
- cerche Old French
- circ Catalan, Valencian
- sirkus Icelandic
- cerca Galician
- cerc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- curcubeu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bezirc Middle High German
- qark Albanian
- serche Middle French
- צירק Yiddish
- cerca Old Portuguese
- cercar Old Portuguese
- cerco Old Portuguese
- circ Occitan
- circu Asturian
- serka Papiamentu