Definition
An archaic or legal term meaning 'around' or 'approximately,' often abbreviated as 'ca.' or 'circ.' in older texts or citations.
Etymology
From Latin 'circiter,' adverb form of 'circus,' meaning 'about' or 'around.' Used in medieval and early modern English legal and scholarly documents.
Kelly Says
When you see 'ca. 1492' in historical writing, that 'ca.' stands for Latin 'circiter'—it's the ancestor of our modern 'circa,' a 500-year-old abbreviation still hiding in footnotes everywhere!
Translations
CACatalà
aproximadament
ap-roh-si-ma-dament
ELΕλληνικά
περίπου
pe-ri-poo
ESEspañol
alrededor de
al-re-door deh
FAفارسی
تقریباً
taq-ree-ban
FRFrançais
environ
ahn-vwar
HUMagyar
körülbelül
kör-ül-bel-ül
IDBahasa Indonesia
sekitar
se-ki-tar
IGIG
nke anya
n-keh a-nya
ITItaliano
circa
chir-kah
MSBahasa Melayu
sekitar
se-ki-tar
NLNederlands
circa
sir-kah
PTPortuguês
cerca de
ser-kah deh
RORomână
aproximativ
ap-roh-sim-ah-tiv
RUРусский
примерно
pri-mer-no
SWKiswahili
karibu
ka-ri-boo
TRTürkçe
yaklaşık
ya-kla-shik
UKУкраїнська
приблизно
pri-blyz-no
URاردو
تقریباً
taq-ree-ban
VITiếng Việt
khoảng
khang