English
health centre
Compound of health + centre.
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy’
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Proto-Germanic *hailiþō ‘wholeness’
Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu ‘wholeness’
Old English hǣlþ
Middle English helthe ‘soundness’
English health
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- ‘to prick; point’
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Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘sharp point, goad’
Latin centrum ‘center’
Middle French centre
Middle English center
English centre
Today it means
noun A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / health centre