CIRCUMCIDO, circumcido
Sounds Like: keer-KOOM-kee-doh
Translations: circumcise, cut around, prune, curtail, diminish, lessen
From the root: CIRCUMCIDO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: Circumcido is a Latin verb meaning 'to cut around' or 'to circumcise'. It is a compound word formed from 'circum' (around) and 'caedo' (to cut). It can be used literally to describe cutting something in a circular fashion, such as pruning a tree, or figuratively to mean to curtail, diminish, or lessen something. In a religious context, it specifically refers to the act of circumcision.
Inflection: First Person Singular Present Active Indicative, or Present Active Infinitive
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, CIRCUMCIDO.
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- CIRCUMCIDI — to be cut around, to be curtailed, to be reduced, to be circumcised
- CIRCUMCISI — I have cut around, I have circumcised, I have curtailed
- CUMCIDI — to circumcise, to cut around, to prune, to diminish, to reduce
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