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Circumscribe

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to restrict or limit something within certain boundaries
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Stage 1 of 2
circumscribere
Latin · ancient
"to draw a line around"
to draw a line around, from circum- (around) and scribere (to write)
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Stage 2 of 2
circumscribe
English · 1400s
"to restrict something within limits"
settled as the English word for restricting something within limits
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