English

alicyclic

Blend of aliphatic + cyclic.

Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ ‘oil, ointment’

Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘circle, wheel’

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Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός ‘circular’

Classical Latin cyclicus ‘of a cycle, cyclic’

Middle French cyclique

French cyclique ‘cyclic, cyclical’

Today it means

adj Of a class of organic compounds having both aliphatic (chain) and cyclic (ring) structure

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alicyclic