Where does “centrifugo” come from?

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

centrifugo (Italian): centrifugal; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. centrifugal; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “centrifugo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancentrocentre, center; middle, midpoint; core, heart
2Latincentrumcenter
3Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
4Proto-Hellenic*kéntron—
5Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool

Words derived from “centrifugo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron →Every word from Ancient Greek κέντρον →