The story
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
- Classical Latincyclicu
- Middle Frenchcyclique
- Frenchcyclique
- Classical Latincyclicus
- English todaycyclic
From French cyclique or its etymon Classical Latin cyclicus, from Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós). By surface analysis, cycle + -ic. Piecewise doublet of chakric.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.