Etymology

cyclazocine

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Today it means: A particular narcotic. Full definition →

English cycl(opropyl) ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  5. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  10. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  11. Classical Latincyclicu
  12. Middle Frenchcyclique
  13. Frenchcyclique
  14. Classical Latincyclicus
  15. Englishcyclic
  16. Englishcyclo-
  17. Englishpropane
  18. Englishcyclopropane
  19. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  20. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  21. Englishcycl(opropyl)
  22. English todaycyclazocine

From cycl(opropyl) + -azocine (“narcotic antagonist/agonist”).

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