Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

procyclical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
pro-cycli-cal
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Moving in the same direction as the overall state of an economy

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English -al English cyclical English procyclical From pro- + cyclical.

Inflected Forms

more procyclical (comparative) most procyclical (superlative)

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Questions

What does procyclical mean?
Moving in the same direction as the overall state of an economy
Where does procyclical come from?
Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English -al English cyclical English procyclical From pro- + cyclical.

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