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Circumstance

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a fact or condition connected with an event, or one's overall situation
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Stage 1 of 2
circumstantia
Latin · ancient
"standing around, surrounding conditions"
standing around, surrounding condition, from circum- (around) and stare (to stand)
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Stage 2 of 2
circumstance
English · 1200s
"the conditions surrounding an event or situation"
settled as the English word for the conditions surrounding an event
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