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Where does “excentrikus” come from?

excentrikus (Hungarian) comes from German Exzentriker, from French excentrique, from Medieval Latin excentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.

excentrikus (Hungarian): eccentric; eccentric, eccentrical

Definitions

  1. eccentric; eccentric, eccentrical

Ancestry of “excentrikus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanExzentrikereccentric
2Frenchexcentriqueeccentric; eccentric , oddball
3Medieval Latinexcentricus—
4Ancient Greekἔκκεντροςnot having the earth as the center of an orbit
5Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
6Proto-Hellenic*kéntron—
7Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom—
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