Etymology

hexacyclic

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Today it means: Having six rings of atoms. Full definition →

English cyclic ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  8. Classical Latincyclicu
  9. Middle Frenchcyclique
  10. Frenchcyclique
  11. Classical Latincyclicus
  12. Englishcyclic
  13. English todayhexacyclic

From hexa- + cyclic.

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