Where does “sentro” come from?

sentro (Tagalog) comes from Spanish centro, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom — pointed tool.

sentro (Tagalog): center; middle

Definitions

  1. center; middle

Ancestry of “sentro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcentrocenter; center, moderate tendencies or ideas;...
2Latincentrumcenter
3Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
4Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
5Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom