Morpheme
Cycl(e) [Cycle, Cycl]
Type
free base
Denotation
circle, wheel, ring, circular motion, repeated interval
Etymology
Middle English cicle; Old French cicle; Late Latin cyclus; Ancient Greek kýklos
Evidence
acyclic, anticyclical, bicycle, contracyclical, countercyclical, cyclable, cyclamen, cyclamens, Cyclamineae, cyclase, cyclazocine, cycle, cycled, cycleway, cyclic, cyclical, cyclicalism, cyclicality, cyclically, cycling, cyclist, cycloid, cycloidal, cycloids, cyclone, cyclops, cyclosis, epicycle, epicyclical, epicycloid, epicycloidal, heterocyclical, hypercycle, hypocycloid, intercyclical, intracyclical, kilocycle, megacycle, motorcycle, negacyclic, noncyclical, polycyclical, procyclical, recycle, supercycle, tricycle, unicycle
Alternative Base Analysis
<Cyclamine> denoting “cyclamen, primulaceous flowering plant”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -amineae
from Latin cyclamīnos, from Ancient Greek kykláminos, from kúklos
Cyclamineae
