Where does “centra” come from?

centra (Romanian) comes from French centrer, from French centré, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom — pointed tool.

centra (Romanian): to center

Definitions

  1. to center

Ancestry of “centra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcentrerto center
2Frenchcentrépast participle of centrer; central; centralized
3Latincentrumcenter
4Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
5Proto-Hellenic*kéntron—
6Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool

Words derived from “centra”

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