Saturday, 22 December 2012

cyclopean=صقلوبي/السيكلوبروبان

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cyclopean=صقلوبي/السيكلوبروبان

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
cyclopean (adj.)
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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