English

anthracycline

From anthra- + cycle + -ine.

A compound of anthra- + cycle + -ine

Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ ‘coal’

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn’

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Proto-Hellenic *kúklos ‘circle, wheel’

Ancient Greek κύκλος ‘circle, ring’

Late Latin cyclus

Middle English cicle ‘fixed length period of years’

English cycle

Today it means

noun any of a class of antibiotic, chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer

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

Etymograph / anthracycline