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Where does “centralisme” come from?

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

centralisme (French): centralism

Definitions

  1. centralism

Ancestry of “centralisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcentralcentral
2Middle Frenchcentral—
3Latincentrālis—
4Latincentrumcenter ; centre
5Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
6Proto-Hellenic*kéntron—
7Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom—
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