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
来自cycle,圈。-one，大词后缀。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：cyclone 词源，cyclone 含义。
词根词缀： -cycl-圆 + -one名词词尾
