Circum-: Prefix meaning around, surrounding, or encircling. As in circumcision, circumflex, and circumjacent. From the Latin preposition circum meaning round.

What does circum mean in English?

a prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords, especially derivatives of verbs that had the general senses “to encompass or surround” (circumference; circumjacent; circumstance) or “to go around” by the means or in the manner specified by the verb (circumnavigate; circumscribe); on this …

What does it mean to circum to something?

1 : to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire succumb to temptation. 2 : to be brought to an end (such as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces.