Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumventive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cum-ven-tive
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

evading or overcoming some protective measure.

Example Sentences

"A circumventive unauthorised user was accessing secure information."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin circumveniōlbor. English circumvent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English circumventive From circumvent + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more circumventive (comparative) most circumventive (superlative)

Derived Forms

circumventively

Questions

What does circumventive mean?: evading or overcoming some protective measure.
Where does circumventive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin circumveniōlbor. English circumvent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English circumventive From circumvent + -ive.

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