Proto-Hellenic

*kúklos

‘circle, wheel’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *kúklos.

13 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, most familiar first.

• cycle ← cicle ← cyclus ← κύκλος
• bicycle ← cycle ← cyclus ← κύκλος
• cyclic ← cyclique ← cyclique ← cyclicus ← κυκλῐκός
• tricycle ← cycle ← cyclus ← κύκλος
• encyclical ← ἐγκύκλιος ← κύκλος
• kike ← קײַקל ← κύκλος
• cyclamen ← cyclamīnos ← κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος ← κύκλος
• anacyclosis ← ἀνακύκλωσις ← ᾰ̓νᾰκῠκλόω ← κυκλόω ← κύκλος
• anacyclic ← anacyclique ← cyclique ← cyclique ← cyclicus
• bicyclette ← bicycle ← cycle ← cyclus ← κύκλος
• bicicletta ← bicyclette ← bicycle ← cycle ← cyclus
• cyclus ← κύκλος

More words from *kúklos

• tetracycle

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *kúklos