Etymology

incenter

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Today it means: The point formed at the intersection of the three angle bisectors of a triangle; also the centre of the incircle. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Old Englishin-
  4. Middle Englishin-
  5. Englishin-
  6. Latincentrum
  7. Middle Frenchcentre
  8. Middle Englishcenter
  9. Englishcenter
  10. English todayincenter

From in- + center.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.