English word recycle comes from English cycle, English re-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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cycle | English (en) | (electronics) To turn power off and back on. (ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal. To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.. To ride a bicycle or other cycle. (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and [...] |
re- | English (en) | A completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out. Again, anew. Back, backward. |
recycle | English (en) | An act of recycling. (intransitive, ergative) To be recycled.. (transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.. (transitive) To collect or place in a bin for recycling.. (transitive) To reuse as a whole. |