Etymology

pericentre

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English centre ← Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) ← Proto-Indo-European *per-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Englishcentre
  5. English todaypericentre

From peri- + centre.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.