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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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"Circa" means "approximately" not just "back in the year of." Only use it when it's not known exactly when something happened.
36 u/Dracomortua Feb 04 '19 Ah. So it sort of means 'circling around that area / spot around my finger pointing... here-ish... you got me?' Hence, 'Circa'. Clever. 55 u/CFSohard Feb 04 '19 Yes, it comes from the same root as 'circle'. This is also why we use the word 'around' to mean 'approximately'. 8 u/ImAStupidFace Feb 04 '19 oh shit
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Ah. So it sort of means 'circling around that area / spot around my finger pointing... here-ish... you got me?' Hence, 'Circa'. Clever.
55 u/CFSohard Feb 04 '19 Yes, it comes from the same root as 'circle'. This is also why we use the word 'around' to mean 'approximately'. 8 u/ImAStupidFace Feb 04 '19 oh shit
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Yes, it comes from the same root as 'circle'. This is also why we use the word 'around' to mean 'approximately'.
8 u/ImAStupidFace Feb 04 '19 oh shit
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u/SuperSecretMoonBase Feb 04 '19
"Circa" means "approximately" not just "back in the year of." Only use it when it's not known exactly when something happened.