The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκέντρον“centre”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπο-“under-, sub-”
- English todayhypocentre
From hypo- + centre; from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under-, sub-”) and Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὑπο- all →
hypo-hypodermoclysishyposmiahypothenarhypozeugmahypozeuxis
Ancient Greekκέντρον all →
centercentralcentrekendracentro-kentrolite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.