cyclone的词源

英文词源

cyclone (n.)

1848, coined by British East India Company official Henry Piddington to describe the devastating storm of December 1789 in Coringa, India; irregularly formed from Greek kyklon "moving in a circle, whirling around," present participle of kykloun "move in a circle, whirl," from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). Applied to tornados from 1856.

中文词源

cyclone：旋风

来自cycle,圈。-one，大词后缀。

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cyclone：气旋，旋风  

词根词缀： -cycl-圆 + -one名词词尾