Etymology

cyclopropene

C3Y4C3L1O1P3R1O1P3E1N1E1

Today it means: The cycloalkene having three carbon atoms and one double bond; any derivative of this compound Full definition →

English propene ← 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. Englishpropene
  18. English todaycyclopropene

From cyclo- + propene.

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