Where does “centrism” come from?
Centrism derives from English centre plus the suffix -ism from Ancient Greek -ισμός, ultimately from Latin centrum, Ancient Greek κέντρον, κεντεῖν meaning to prick or goad, and Proto-Indo-European ḱent-.
centrism (English): Any moderate political philosophy that avoids...
Definitions
- Any moderate political philosophy that avoids...
Ancestry of “centrism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | centre | Alternative spelling of center |
| 2 | Middle English | center | — |
| 3 | Middle French | centre | — |
| 4 | Latin | centrum | center ; centre |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | — |