English word benzocyclic comes from English cyclic, English benzo-

Detailed word origin of benzocyclic

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
cyclic	English (eng)	(botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.. (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.. (geometry, of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.. (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.
benzo-	English (eng)	(organic chemistry) containing benzene, especially containing a fused benzene ring.
benzocyclic	English (eng)	(organic chemistry) Describing any cyclic compound in which a benzene ring is fused to the parent ring.

Words with the same origin as benzocyclic