heterocycloalkane

noun

Any saturated heterocycle formally derived from a cycloalkane by replacing one or more carbon atoms with a heteroatom

OriginEnglish cycloalkane ← German Alkan ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) →
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Meanings

nounheterocycloalkane (plural heterocycloalkanes)

plural heterocycloalkanes

  1. chemistryAny saturated heterocycle formally derived from a cycloalkane by replacing one or more carbon atoms with a heteroatom

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  10. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  11. Late Latincyclus
  12. Middle Englishcicle
  13. Englishcycle
  14. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  15. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  16. Classical Latincyclicu
  17. Middle Frenchcyclique
  18. Frenchcyclique
  19. Classical Latincyclicus
  20. Englishcyclic
  21. Englishcyclo-
  22. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  23. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  24. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  25. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  26. Medieval Latinalcoho
  27. GermanAlk(ohol)
  28. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  29. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  30. GermanAlkyl
  31. Germanalk-
  32. GermanAlkan
  33. Englishalkane
  34. Englishcycloalkane
  35. Englishheterocycloalkane

From hetero- + cycloalkane.

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APA

heterocycloalkane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterocycloalkane

MLA

“heterocycloalkane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterocycloalkane. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heterocycloalkane,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterocycloalkane.

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