Where does “ċentrali” come from?

ċentrali (Maltese) comes from Italian centrale, from Latin centrālis, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom — pointed tool.

ċentrali (Maltese): central

Definitions

  1. central

Ancestry of “ċentrali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancentralecentral; main; head office
2Latincentrāliscentral, in the middle
3Latincentrumcenter
4Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
5Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
6Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntromEvery word from Proto-Hellenic *kéntronEvery word from Ancient Greek κέντρον
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