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Where does “ciclo” come from?

ciclo (Italian) comes from Italian motore, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

ciclo (Italian): cycle , bike; series, round; period, menses

Definitions

  1. cycle , bike; series, round; period, menses

Ancestry of “ciclo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmotoremotor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,...
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “ciclo”

  • macrociclo
  • ciclosporina
  • ciclonite
  • emiciclo
  • ciclostilare
  • kilociclo
  • chilociclo
  • eterociclo
  • biciclo
  • megaciclo
  • pentaciclo
  • quadriciclo
  • triciclo
  • ciclabile
  • epiciclo
  • motociclo
  • ciclizzare
  • ciclizzazione
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