Etymology of the French word cyclone
the French word
cyclonederived from the English word
cyclonederived from the Greek word
kuklon, κυκλῶν
derived from the Greek word
kukloun, κυκλοῦν
derived from the Greek word
kuklos, κύκλος
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-derived from the Greek word
kuklomaderived from the Greek word
kuklos, κύκλος
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-Date
The earliest known usage of cyclone in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in French
anticyclone,
cyclonal,
cyclonique,
cyclogenèse,
cyclonomieDerivations in other languages
Romanian
ciclonCognates
English
cyclon, Italian
ciclone, Lithuanian
ciklonas, Russian
циклoн
