Where does “eccentricity” come from?
Eccentricity comes from Middle French excentrique, from Latin eccentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος, meaning off-center, from κέντρον meaning center.
eccentricity (English): The quality of being eccentric or odd; any...
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- The quality of being eccentric or odd; any...
Ancestry of “eccentricity”, step by step