Etymology

recenter

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Today it means: To center (something) again. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincentrum
  7. Middle Frenchcentre
  8. Middle Englishcenter
  9. Englishcenter
  10. English todayrecenter

From re- + center.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.