Etymology

macrocycle

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Today it means: a cyclic macromolecule, or a macrocyclic portion of a molecule Full definition →

English cycle ← Middle English cicle ← Late Latin cyclus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  11. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  12. Late Latincyclus
  13. Middle Englishcicle
  14. Englishcycle
  15. English todaymacrocycle

From macro- + cycle.

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