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Where does “northcentral” come from?

northcentral (English) comes from English North, from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.

northcentral (English): Relating to the central part of a northern region

Definitions

  1. Relating to the central part of a northern region

Ancestry of “northcentral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNorth—
2FrenchNord—
3Middle Frenchnord—
4Old Frenchnortnorth
5Old Englishnorþnorth
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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