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- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Ancient Greekἐν (en)
- Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos)
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂w-
- Proto-Hellenic*pā́wits
- Ancient Greekπαῖς (paîs)
- Ancient Greekπαιδεύω (paideúō)
- Ancient Greekπαιδείᾱ (paideíā)
- Ancient Greekἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)
- New Latinencyclopaedīa
- Englishencyclopedia
- English todayencyclopedic
From encyclopedia + -ic. First attested in 1824.
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