Etymology

subcycle

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Today it means: A smaller or shorter-term cycle within a larger or longer-term cycle Full definition →

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

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Late Latincyclus
  5. Middle Englishcicle
  6. Englishcycle
  7. English todaysubcycle

From sub- + cycle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.