ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cycl- from Greek kyklos, kuklos, kyklon, kuklikos

 

【cycl-】 is word-forming element
usually meaning "circle"

from Greek "kyklos, kuklos, kyklon, kuklikos"

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[WORD ROOT]root cycle
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] cycle, cyclon, cyclone
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) kyklos, kuklos, kyklon, kuklikos
[MEANING]root circle

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 kuklos wheel
• 【Greek】 kuklikos
• 【Greek】 kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
• 【Greek】 kyklon [present participle of kykloun] moving in a circle, whirling around

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORDs]

anticyclone, anticyclonic, bicycle, cycle, cyclic, cycling, cyclist, cyclone, epicycle, recycle, recycling

Please see Words information in detail as follows;

anticyclone [noun] from cyclone < cycl
【DEFINITION】 winds that turn around an area of high pressure and that often bring clear, dry air
【DERIVATIVEs】 anticyclonic, anticyclone
【COMPOSITION】 anti + cyclone
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklon [present participle of kykloun] moving in a circle, whirling around
【ROOTs】 ⑴ anti; against ⑵ cycl(cycle); circle ⑶ one(on); noun suffix

anticyclonic [adjective] from cyclone < cycl
【DEFINITION】 (meteorology) of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone
【DERIVATIVEs】 anticyclonic, anticyclone
【COMPOSITION】 anticyclone + ic
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklon [present participle of kykloun] moving in a circle, whirling around
【ROOTs】 ⑴ anti; against ⑵ cycl(cycle); circle ⑶ on; noun suffix ⑷ ic; adjective suffix

bicycle [noun] from bicycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels which you ride by sitting on it and pushing two pedals with your feet. You steer it by turning a bar that is connected to the front wheel.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 two + circle, wheel
【pl.】 bicycles
【DERIVATIVEs】 bicycler, bicyclist, bicycle
【 ABBR ☞ bike
ABBR ☞ bike】
【Etymology】 [Latin] bi twice
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bi; two, twice ⑵ cycle; circle

cycl [combining form] from cycl
【DEFINITION】 circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 cycl(cycle); circle

cycle [noun] from cycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 A cycle is a bicycle.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 perpetual circulating period of time, on the completion of which certain phenomena return in the same order
【pl.】 cycles
【DERIVATIVEs】 cyclic, cyclically, cyclicly, cycling, cycle
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 cycle; circle

 

cyclic [adjective] from cycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 Cyclic means the same as cyclical.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 pertaining to or moving in a cycle or circle,
【DERIVATIVEs】 cyclic, cyclically, cyclicly, cycling, cycle
【SYNONYM】 cyclical
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cycl(cycle); circle ⑵ ic; adjective suffix

cycling [noun] from cycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 cycle + ing
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 cyclic, cycling, cycle
【COMPOSITION】 cycle + ing
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cycl(cycle); circle ⑵ ing; adjective suffix

cyclist [noun] from cycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 A cyclist is someone who rides a bicycle, or is riding a bicycle.
【pl.】 cyclists
【COMPOSITION】 cycle + ist
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cycl(cycle); circle ⑵ ist; noun suffix

cyclone [noun] from cyclone < cycl
【DEFINITION】 A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 extensive storm characterized by the revolution of air around a calm center in which the wind blows spirally around the center,
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 cyclonal, cyclonic, cyclonical, cyclonically, cyclone
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklon [present participle of kykloun] moving in a circle, whirling around
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cycl(cycle); circle ⑵ one(on); noun suffix

epicycle [noun] from cycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 (in the Ptolemaic system) a small circle, around which a planet was thought to revolve, whose centre describes a larger circle (the deferent) centred on the earth
【PRIMARY MEANING】 small circle moving on or around another circle,
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 ⑴ epi; over; among ⑵ cycle; circle

recycle [verb] from recycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 If you recycle things that have already been used, such as bottles or sheets of paper, you process them so that they can be used again.
【CONJUGATIONs】 recycled, recycled, recycling, recycles
【DERIVATIVEs】 recyclable, recycleable, recycler, recycle
【COMPOSITION】 re + cycle
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cycle; circle

recycling [noun] from recycle < cycl
【DEFINITION】 recycle + ing
【COMPOSITION】 re + cycling
【Etymology】 [Greek] kyklos circle, wheel, any circular body; circular motion, cycle of events
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cycl(cycle); circle ⑶ ing; suffix

 

Other word list containing cycl-; hemicycle, acyclic, cyclide, cycloid, cyclops, cyclosis, cyclotomic, dicyclic, eccyclema, epicycloid, hemicyclium, heterocyclic, homocyclic, hypercycle, hypocycloid, isocyclic, mesocyclone, monocyclic, polycyclic, pseudocyclosis, tetracyclic, tricycle, tricyclic, unicycle, cyclicly, cyclically

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

curr
cur
col-, cult-
crypt-
cruise
crit-, crisi
cresc
cred
cre-
cracy-

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: curr from Latin currens, currere, cursus

 

 

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