Etymology

carbocyclic

C3A1R1B3O1C3Y4C3L1I1C3

Today it means: describing a ring, all of whose atoms are carbon Full definition →

English cyclic ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  2. Latincarbōnem
  3. Frenchcarbone
  4. Englishcarbon
  5. Englishcarbo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  10. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  11. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  12. Classical Latincyclicu
  13. Middle Frenchcyclique
  14. Frenchcyclique
  15. Classical Latincyclicus
  16. Englishcyclic
  17. English todaycarbocyclic

From carbo- + cyclic.

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