myEtymology.com: English etymology of centrifugal

Etymology of the English word centrifugal

the English word centrifugal

derived from the New Latin word centrifugus (centrifugal)

derived from the Latin word fuga (flight, fleeing, escape; fugue)

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 Classical Latin word fugere (to flee; flee, fly, run away)

using the Latin prefix centri-

The earliest known usage of centrifugal in English dates from the 18th century.