Where does “central” come from?

central (French) comes from Middle French central, from Latin centrālis, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom — pointed tool.

central (French): central

Definitions

  1. central

Ancestry of “central”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcentral
2Latincentrāliscentral, in the middle
3Latincentrumcenter
4Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
5Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
6Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool

Words derived from “central

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom
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