myEtymology.com: English etymology of centerpiece

Etymology of the English word centerpiece

the English word centerpiece

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-

derived from the English word piece

derived from the Old French word pece

derived from the Latin root *pettia