Where does “centre” come from?

centre (Middle French) comes from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom — pointed tool.

Ancestry of “centre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “centre”

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