Where does “central” come from?

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

central (Romanian): central, pivotal, nodal

Definitions

  1. central, pivotal, nodal

Ancestry of “central”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcentralcentral
2Middle Frenchcentral
3Latincentrāliscentral, in the middle
4Latincentrumcenter
5Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
6Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
7Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool

Words derived from “central

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom
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