cerce

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) curve of an arch
2. (feminine) spline

Vertalings

Straklatte

spline

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɛʁs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French: cerche

Geërf van Old French: cerche

Verwante met Italiaans: cerca

Geërf van Latyn: circus

In summary

Inherited from Middle French cerche, from Old French cerche, probably from a Vulgar Latin *circa (compare northern Italian cerca, Spanish and Portuguese cerca), from the feminine of Latin circus. In modern French, the form cerce was probably due to progressive assimilation or from influence from cerceau.