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cardboard asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 4 years ago

Do circumstance and circumcision come from the same word?

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  • Zulcan The Great.
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    No.

  • Alderman Keno
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Yes

  • Mortal Dimunitive
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Both have *** in them , is this a sexual assault

  • s
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    Circum and circum did. Stance and cision did not.

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  • Laurie
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    No. they include the same prefix. They no more come from the same words than "prepare" and "precede"... The core words are "stance" and "incision".

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    The first half does, as @toasteburnish pointed out. But then, the same is true of circumscribe, circumnavigate, circumambulate, etc.

  • \\\
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    Circum means around. Cis means cut. A circumcision is a cut around. Stance means position. A circumstance is a position that's around you.

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