Etymology

eccentricate

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Today it means: To move to the periphery; to marginalize. Full definition →

English eccentric ← Middle French excentrique ← Medieval Latin eccentricus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
  3. Proto-Hellenic*eks
  4. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  5. Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
  9. Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
  10. Ancient Greekἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)
  11. Medieval Latineccentricus
  12. Middle Frenchexcentrique
  13. Englisheccentric
  14. English todayeccentricate

From eccentric + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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