Where does “centro-” come from?
centro- (English) comes from English centre, 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.
centro- (English): central
Definitions
- central
Ancestry of “centro-”, step by step
centro- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
Words derived from “centro-”
- centrosome
- centrosymmetric
- centrotemporal
- centrosomal
- centromedian
- noncentrosymmetric
- centrosymmetry
- centroparietal
- centrosphere
- centrocyte
- centromedial
- centroperipheral
- centrolecithal
- centroblast
- centroposterior
- centrofrontal
- centrosomic
- centrosomally
- centrophilic
- centrophobia
- centrophobic
- centrodiapophyseal
- centroparapophyseal
- centrohypapophyseal