Etymology

azatricyclo

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Today it means: Describing any polycyclic heterocycle in which one nitrogen atom is simultaneously part of three different rings Full definition →

English cyclo- ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  9. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  10. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  11. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  12. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  13. Frenchazote
  14. Englishazote
  15. Englishaza-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  17. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  18. Proto-Italic*tri-
  19. Latintri-
  20. Englishtri-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  22. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  23. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  24. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  25. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  26. Late Latincyclus
  27. Middle Englishcicle
  28. Englishcycle
  29. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  30. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  31. Classical Latincyclicu
  32. Middle Frenchcyclique
  33. Frenchcyclique
  34. Classical Latincyclicus
  35. Englishcyclic
  36. Englishcyclo-
  37. English todayazatricyclo

From aza- + tri- + cyclo-.

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