cycl
circle, wheel
Greek · kyklos (κύκλος)
Greek kyklos 'circle, wheel'. Cycl words are about circles and repeating turns: a cycle comes round again, a bicycle has two wheels, a cyclone is a circling storm, recycle uses things again.
Memory trick
A bi-CYCLE has two circles: CYCL means circle and wheel.
Words from this root
- cycle (cycle) — a repeating series; to rideचक्र; साइकिल चलाना
- cyclic (cycl + ic) — happening in cyclesचक्रीय
- cyclical (cyclic + al) — occurring in repeating cyclesचक्रीय, बार-बार दोहराने वाला
- bicycle (bi + cycle) — two-wheeled vehicleसाइकिल
- motorcycle (motor + cycle) — two-wheeler with an engineमोटरसाइकिल
- recycle (re + cycle) — to use again, reprocessदोबारा इस्तेमाल करना
- cyclone (cycl + one) — violent circling stormचक्रवात
- cyclotron (cyclo + tron) — particle-circling machineकण त्वरक मशीन
- encyclopedia (en + cyclo + pedia) — book covering all subjectsविश्वकोश