center的词源
英文词源
- center (n.)
- late 14c., "middle point of a circle; point round which something revolves," from Old French centre (14c.), from Latin centrum "center," originally fixed point of the two points of a drafting compass, from Greek kentron "sharp point, goad, sting of a wasp," from kentein "stitch," from PIE root *kent- "to prick" (cognates: Breton kentr "a spur," Welsh cethr "nail," Old High German hantag "sharp, pointed").
Figuratively from 1680s. Meaning "the middle of anything" attested from 1590s. Spelling with -re popularized in Britain by Johnson's dictionary (following Bailey's), though -er is older and was used by Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope. Center of gravity is recorded from 1650s. Center of attention is from 1868. - center (v.)
- 1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.
中文词源
来自PIE*kent, 刺，词根ac的现在分词，词源同acid, cone, amniocentesis(羊膜穿刺术). 原指圆规的固定点，中心点。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：center 词源，center 含义。
来源于拉丁语名词centrum, centri, n(轴心,圆心,球心)。
-centr-中心 → center
