Where does “center” come from?

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

center (Swedish): n a centre; a place where some function or...

Definitions

  1. n a centre; a place where some function or...

Ancestry of “center”, 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 “center

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom