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1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
2. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
3. Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
6. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
7. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
8. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
9. Ancient Greekἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos)
10. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂w-
11. Proto-Hellenic*pā́wits
12. Ancient Greekπαῖς (paîs)
13. Ancient Greekπαιδεύω (paideúō)
14. Ancient Greekπαιδείᾱ (paideíā)
15. Ancient Greekἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)
16. New Latinencyclopaedīa
17. English todayencyclopedia

Borrowed from New Latin encyclopēdīa, encyclopaedīa (“general education”), a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “childrearing; education”) (q.v.). Nearly all modern English usage of the word was influenced by the scope and format of the French Encyclopédie by Diderot et al. (see quotation).

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