Centric
/ˈsɛn.trɪk/noun
Relating to a center or placed at the center.
Did you know?Its deepest ancestor is the Greek word for a sharp point, which later became the word for a center—because the middle was imagined as the point everything turns around.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱen-
“to prick, pierce, or point”
Ancient Greek
Greek
kéntron
“a sharp point, goad, or prick”
Late Latin
Latin
centrum
“center; the fixed point of a circle”
Old French
Old French
centrique
“central, pertaining to the center”
Modern English
English
centric
“relating to or having a center”