Etymology

pluricyclic

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Today it means: Forming rings of several sizes Full definition →

English cyclic ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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The story

  1. Latinplūs
  2. Latinplūris
  3. Latinpluri-
  4. Englishpluri-
  5. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  6. Classical Latincyclicu
  7. Middle Frenchcyclique
  8. Frenchcyclique
  9. Classical Latincyclicus
  10. Englishcyclic
  11. English todaypluricyclic

From pluri- + cyclic.

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