Etymology

barycenter

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Today it means: The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal Full definition →

English center ← Middle English center ← Middle French centre
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The story

  1. Englishbary-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
  5. Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
  6. Latincentrum
  7. Middle Frenchcentre
  8. Middle Englishcenter
  9. Englishcenter
  10. English todaybarycenter

From bary- + center.

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