"Circum" is a Latin root and means "around." "Circus" is so called from the rings enclosing the show, (three-ring circus). So, "circumnavigate" means to navigate around, as in circumnavigate the globe. "Circumcise" means to cut around, (from the same root as "incision").
There are 204 words containing the root "circum" in Webster's Second International dictionary.
The root Circum means "Round"
the answer to your question what does the word circum mean in the word circamspect is AROUND.
Circum means around. This was one of my stems.
to take something off cut around - - circum - around (e.g. in circumference & circumnavigate), cise - cut (as in scissors & excise)
Yes, because the prefix circum mean around and it will mean to go around the question which means to avoid it.
The actual meaning is to look (spect) around (circum).
The affix "circum-" means around, about, or surrounding. It is commonly used in English to convey the idea of going around something or being all around it.
The prefix circum- means around. In this word, it would mean around the navigation.
The circum or circumference of a circle is the distance around it
circumstance,circumference, circumvent,
The prefix for the word "circumvent" is "circum-".
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