Where does “ortocentro” come from?

ortocentro (Galician) comes from Galician centro, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom — pointed tool.

ortocentro (Galician): orthocentre / orthocenter

Definitions

  1. orthocentre / orthocenter

Ancestry of “ortocentro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancentrocentre; downtown
2Latincentrumcenter
3Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
4Proto-Hellenic*kéntron—
5Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron →Every word from Ancient Greek κέντρον →