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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- 1640s, from L. cyclopeus, from Gk. kyklopeios, from kyklopes (see cyclops).
- cyclops (n.)
- (pl. cyclopes), 1510s, from Latin, from Gk. kyklops, lit. "round-eyed," from stem of kyklos (see cycle (n.)) + -ops (see eye (n.)). One of a race of one-eyed giants who forged thunderbolts for Zeus, built the walls of Mycenae, etc.
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