Etymology

cycloheptane

C3Y4C3L1O1H4E1P3T1A1N1E1

Today it means: An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₇H₁₄; a volatile inflammable liquid. Full definition →

English heptane ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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The story

  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. Englishheptane
  18. English todaycycloheptane

From cyclo- + heptane.

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