Etymology of the English word center
the English word
centerderived from the Old French word
centrederived 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
kenteinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kent-Derivations in English
anticenter,
apocenter,
centered,
centering,
centerline,
centerpiece,
chromocenter,
circumcenter,
datacenter,
decenter,
hypocenter,
incenter,
orthocenter,
pericenter,
subcenter,
surgicenter,
centerboard,
centerfold,
urgicenter,
ethnocentrism,
garden-centerCognates
Dutch
centrum, English
centre, French
centre, German
Zentrum, Italian
centro, Latin
centrum, Lithuanian
centras, Norwegian
sentrum, Polish
centrala, Russian
центр, Spanish
centro, Swedish
centrumUsage
Word found in Modern English
