Etymograph

English

kendra

Kendra comes from Hindi केंद्र ‘centre’, from Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱent-r-om‘a pointed tool’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκέντρονkéntron‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकेन्द्रkendra‘centre of a circle’
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentकेंद्रkendra‘centre’
  5. Englishtodaykendra

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱent-r-om‘a pointed tool’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκέντρονkéntron‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकेन्द्रkendra‘centre of a circle’
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentकेंद्रkendra‘centre’
  5. Englishtodaykendra

Linked words

through Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’

center, centre, central, eccentric, centric, alcantara, centrum, cento, 16 more

Today it means

noun center

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om / kendra

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