countercyclical

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Italic*kom
4. Proto-Italic*kom-
5. Proto-Italic*komteros
6. Proto-Italic*komterād
7. Latincontrā
8. Old Frenchcontre-
9. Anglo-Normancountre-
10. Middle Englishcounter-
11. Englishcounter-
12. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
14. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
15. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
16. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
17. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
18. Classical Latincyclicu
19. Middle Frenchcyclique
20. Frenchcyclique
21. Classical Latincyclicus
22. Englishcyclic
23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
25. Englishcyclical
26. English todaycountercyclical

From counter- + cyclical.