Etymology

pericycle

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Today it means: In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  8. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  9. Late Latincyclus
  10. Middle Englishcicle
  11. Englishcycle
  12. English todaypericycle

From peri- + cycle.

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