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Where does “κεντρικός” come from?

κεντρικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

κεντρικός (Ancient Greek): central

Definitions

  1. central

Ancestry of “κεντρικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
2Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
3Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “κεντρικός”

  • centric
  • Eurocentric
  • egocentric
  • ethnocentric
  • anthropocentric
  • Afrocentric
  • geocentric
  • heliocentric
  • polycentric
  • androcentric
  • multicentric
  • phallocentric
  • theocentric
  • logocentric
  • egocentricity
  • ecocentric
  • centricity
  • Afrocentricity
  • Christocentric
  • biocentric
  • allocentric
  • barycentric
  • excentric
  • monocentric
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