Proto-Indo-European
*ḱéntrom
‘pointed tool’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.
23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom, most familiar first.
- center ← centre ← centrum ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- central ← centrālis ← centrum ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- eccentric ← excentrique ← eccentricus ← ἔκκεντρος ← κέντρον
- centric ← κεντρικός ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- concentric ← concentrik ← concentrique ← concentricus ← centrum
- alcantara ← اَلْقَنْطَرَة ← ܩܶܢܛܪܳܘܢ ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- centrum ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- centrale ← centrālis ← centrum ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- cento ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- eccentrically ← eccentric ← excentrique ← eccentricus ← ἔκκεντρος
- bikont ← κοντός ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
- centonism ← centō ← κέντρον ← *kéntron
More words from *ḱéntrom
- centonical
- citycentric
- eccentricate
- eccentrize
- heterokont
- isoeccentric
- isokont
- opisthokont
- photoeccentric
- unikont
- uneccentric
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom