Etymology

centerpiece

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

  1. Latincentrum
  2. Middle Frenchcentre
  3. Middle Englishcenter
  4. Englishcenter
  5. Englishpiece
  6. English todaycenterpiece

From center + piece.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.