English
anacyclic
Anacyclic comes from French anacyclique, from cyclique ‘cyclic, cyclical’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘circle, wheel’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷékʷlos‘circle, wheel’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kúklos‘circle, wheel’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύκλος‘circle, ring’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκυκλῐκός‘circular’
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcyclicus‘of a cycle, cyclic’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cyclique
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘cyclic, cyclical’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentanacyclique
- Englishtodayanacyclic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷékʷlos‘circle, wheel’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kúklos‘circle, wheel’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύκλος‘circle, ring’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκυκλῐκός‘circular’
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcyclicus‘of a cycle, cyclic’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cyclique
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘cyclic, cyclical’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentanacyclique
- Englishtodayanacyclic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘circle, wheel’
through Proto-Hellenic *kúklos ‘circle, wheel’
through Ancient Greek κύκλος ‘circle, ring’
Today it means
adj palindromic
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos / anacyclic