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circuitous

The origin and history of circuitous.

Etymology

First recorded in 1664, from Latin circuitōsus, from circuitus, from circumeō (“to go around”), from circum (“around”) plus eō (“to go”). Analysed at face value, it is circuit plus -ous.

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