PARA-143-Circuit: Circ

Caretaker Status: Unknown

Affiliated companion(s): none

Level 1 - concrete
Word: Circuit

Origin:
Late 14c., "a going around; a line going around," from Old French circuit (14c.) "a circuit; a journey (around something)," from Latin circuitus "a going around," from stem of circuire, circumire "go around," from circum "round" (see circum-) + ire "to go" (from PIE root *ei- "to go"). Electrical sense is from 1746. Of judicial assignments, from 1570s; of venues for itinerant entertainers, from 1834. Circuit breaker is recorded from 1874. Related: Circuital.

Definition:
A complete and closed path around which a circulating electric current can flow.

Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - Paralogos can look like little lights are travelling over the circuit markings.

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware