Etymology

benzocyclic

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Today it means: Describing any cyclic compound in which a benzene ring is fused to the parent ring Full definition →

English cyclic ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzo-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  20. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  21. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  22. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  23. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  24. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  25. Classical Latincyclicu
  26. Middle Frenchcyclique
  27. Frenchcyclique
  28. Classical Latincyclicus
  29. Englishcyclic
  30. English todaybenzocyclic

From benzo- + cyclic.

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