Etymology of the English word decenter
the English word
decenterusing the English prefix
de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)
derived from the Old French prefix
de-derived from the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
