circunstancia
/θiɾkunsˈtanθja/ · B1 · noun · f
circumstance
circun = around + stancia = standing: what stands around a situation
From Latin circumstantia, built from circum (around) and stare (to stand). It shares its root with English circumstance. Spanish swaps -ance for -ancia, as in distancia and importancia, and the noun is feminine: la circunstancia.