Where does “central-european” come from?
central-european (Romanian) comes from Romanian central, 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-european (Romanian): Central European
Definitions
- Central European
Ancestry of “central-european”, step by step
central-european traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian central
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | central | central, pivotal, nodal |
| 2 | French | central | central |
| 3 | Middle French | central | — |
| 4 | Latin | centrālis | central, in the middle |
| 5 | Latin | centrum | center |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | pointed tool |