Where does “warming centre” come from?

warming centre (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.

warming centre (English): A place to warm up when the weather drops far...

Definitions

  1. A place to warm up when the weather drops far...

Ancestry of “warming centre”, step by step

warming centre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English centre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcentreAlternative spelling of center
2Middle Englishcenter—
3Middle Frenchcentre—
4Latincentrumcenter
5Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
6Proto-Hellenic*kéntron—
7Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool

via English warming

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwarmingpresent participle of warm; A small rise in...
2Middle Englishwarmyng—
3Old Englishwærming—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron →Every word from Ancient Greek κέντρον →