An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bezirk
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Bezirk, m., ‘circuit, district, sphere,’ from MidHG. zirc, ‘circle, circumference, district’; from Lat. circus, ‘circle.’ The word, as z for Lat. c shows, was borrowed very early during the OHG. period.