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Etymology of the English word anticenter

the English word anticenter
using the English prefix anti-
derived from the New Latin prefix anti-
derived from the Greek prefix anti-, ἀντι-
derived from the Greek word anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *anti-
derived from the English word center
derived from the Old French word centre
derived from the Classical Latin word centrum (centre; center)
derived from the Greek word kentron, κέντρον (a point ('centre'); a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse))
derived from the Greek word kentein
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kent-

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Word found in Modern English


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