Etymograph

English

hypercycle

From hyper- + cycle.

Formed from hyper- + cycle

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

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 A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.

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

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