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Etymology of the English word cyclopedia

the English word cyclopedia
derived from the English word encyclopedia
derived from the New Latin word encyclopaedia (encyclopedia)
derived from the Greek word egkuklopaideia
derived from the Greek word paideia, παιδεία (tutorage; education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction)
derived from the Greek word pais, παῖς (a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God))
derived from the Greek word paidos, παιδός
derived from the Greek word egkuklios
derived from the Greek word kuklos, κύκλος
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-

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