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 — pointed tool.
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
centerlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English centerless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | centerless | Without a center; Whose center is trivial |
| 2 | English | Center | The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference |
| 3 | Middle English | center | — |
| 4 | Middle French | centre | — |
| 5 | Latin | centrum | center |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | pointed tool |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |