English
hypercyclic
From hyper- + cyclic.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
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’
English cyclic
Today it means
adj Of or relating to hypercycles.
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Etymograph / hypercyclic