cycle
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From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).
Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, and wheel (see there for more).
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cycle (plural cycles)
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cycle (third-person singular simple present cycles, present participle cycling, simple past and past participle cycled)
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Inherited from Middle French, from Late Latin cyclus.
cycle m (plural cycles)
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