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.
centrifugo (Italian): centrifugal; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- centrifugal; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “centrifugo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | centro | centre, center; middle, midpoint; core, heart |
| 2 | Latin | centrum | center ; centre |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | — |
Words derived from “centrifugo”