The story
- Latin · derived fromcon-“with, together”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromconcentricus
- Middle French · derived fromconcentrique
- Middle English · inherited fromconcentrik
- English todayconcentric
From Middle English concentrik, from Middle French concentrique, from Medieval Latin concentricus, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + centrum (“circle, center”). Equivalent to con- + -centric. By surface analysis, con- + centre + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Latincon- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.