myEtymology.com: English etymology of centerboard

Etymology of the English word centerboard

the English word centerboard

derived from the English word board

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *borthaz

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-