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circumcision

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
Latin circus
Latin circum
Latin circum-
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti
Proto-Italic *kaidō
Latin caedō
Latin circumcīdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -siō
Latin circumcīsiō
Old French circumcisiounbor.
Middle English circumcisioun
English circumcision

    From Middle English circumcisioun, from Old French circumcisiun (modern French circoncision) and its etymon Latin circumcīsiō, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).[1] By surface analysis, circumcis(e) +‎ -ion.

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    circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural circumcisions)

    2. The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
      • 1697, Benjamin Keach, A Counter-Antidote to Purge Out the Effects of a Late Counterfeit‎[2], page 7:
        So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3.
      • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 161:
        I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.
      1. (modern Judaism, usually specifically) Pharisaic circumcision.
      2. (chiefly historical or Philippines) Other surgeries involving the incision or partial excision of the foreskin or penile frenulum without total posthetomy.
        Hyponyms: dorsal slit, French cut, supercision
        The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.
    3. The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
    4. (often proscribed) The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.

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    Hypernym: genital mutilation (disputedly for male circumcision[2])

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    References

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    1. ^ “circumcision, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    2. ^ Nunn, Gary (20 July 2019), “Foreskin reclaimers: the 'intactivists' fighting infant male circumcision”, in The Guardian‎[1], London, archived from the original on 31 May 2020

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