Where does “centerlessness” come from?
centerlessness (English) comes from English centerless, from English Center, from Middle English center, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.
centerlessness (English): The state or condition of being centerless; lack...
Definitions
- The state or condition of being centerless; lack...
Ancestry of “centerlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | centerless | Without a center; Whose center is trivial |
| 2 | English | Center | — |
| 3 | Middle English | center | — |
| 4 | Middle French | centre | — |
| 5 | Latin | centrum | center ; centre |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | — |
Words derived from “centerlessness”