Etymology

tetracyclo

T1E1T1R1A1C3Y4C3L1O1

Today it means: Having four rings Full definition →

English cyclo- ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  4. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  5. Englishtetra-
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  10. Classical Latincyclicu
  11. Middle Frenchcyclique
  12. Frenchcyclique
  13. Classical Latincyclicus
  14. Englishcyclic
  15. Englishcyclo-
  16. English todaytetracyclo

From tetra- + cyclo-.

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