Where does “centrómero” come from?
centrómero (Spanish) comes from Spanish centro, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.
centrómero (Spanish): centromere
Ancestry of “centrómero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | centro | center; center, moderate tendencies or ideas;... |
| 2 | Latin | centrum | center ; centre |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | — |