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- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
- Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
- Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
- Latincentrum
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latincentrālis
- Englishcentral
- Englishcentralize
- English todaydecentralize
From de- + centralize.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.