κέντρον
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur
- sting, quill, thorn
- Torture device or instrument of motivation: whip, goad
- nail, rivet
- stationary point of a pair of compasses
- center of a circle
- (figuratively) penis
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om, *ḱentrom (pointed tool) affix from Ancient Greek κεντέω (goad, prick, sting, I prick, stab, spur on, I sting, pierce).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κεντέω
Gloss
goad, prick, sting, I prick, stab, spur on, I sting, pierce
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cento English
- central English
- centrum English
- di- English
- dicynodont English
- diergism English
- canthērius Latin
- cento Latin
- centralis Latin
- centraliter Latin
- centrum Latin
- centrālis Latin
- cintrum Latin
- dioicus Latin
- Zentrum German
- di- German
- zentral German
- centrum Hungarian
- Alcantara Italian
- centrale Italian
- centro Italian
- di- Italian
- centrum Dutch, Flemish
- di- Dutch, Flemish
- central French
- centre French
- centrifuge French
- центр Russian
- Alcántara Spanish, Castilian
- central Spanish, Castilian
- centro Spanish, Castilian
- di- Spanish, Castilian
- diprotodon Ancient Greek
- δίκροτος Ancient Greek
- δίλημμα Ancient Greek
- δίμιτος Ancient Greek
- δίς Ancient Greek
- κέστρα Ancient Greek
- κέστρον Ancient Greek
- κέστρος Ancient Greek
- κεντέω Ancient Greek
- κεντρομυρσίνη Ancient Greek
- κεστός Ancient Greek
- κοντός Ancient Greek
- μυρσίνη Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- *bʰewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwís Proto-Indo-European
- *sey- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱent- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱent-r-om, *ḱentrom Proto-Indo-European
- bysentrum Norwegian Bokmål
- sentrum Norwegian Bokmål
- central Portuguese
- centro Portuguese
- di- Portuguese
- central Swedish
- centrum Swedish
- centrum Polish
- bysentrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- sentrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- केन्द्र Sanskrit
- centrum Czech
- قنطرة Arabic
- قنطرة, اَلْقَنْطَرَة Arabic
- قَنْطَرَة Arabic
- centar Serbo-Croatian
- центар Serbo-Croatian
- Alcàntara Catalan, Valencian
- central Catalan, Valencian
- centre Catalan, Valencian
- di- Catalan, Valencian
- केंद्र Hindi
- केंद्रक Hindi
- central Galician
- centro Galician
- կենտրոն Armenian
- կենտրոնական Armenian
- կենտրոնաձիգ Armenian
- կենտրոնանալ Armenian
- կենտրոնավոր Armenian
- սանր Armenian
- δις Greek (modern)
- Alcantara Cebuano
- centrs Latvian
- sist Latvian
- սանտր Old Armenian
- ကိန်း Burmese
- qendër Albanian
- çandër Albanian
- central Middle French
- centre Middle French
- কেন্দ্ৰ Assamese
- sudda Pali
- центар Macedonian
- центр Ukrainian
- કેંદ્ર Gujarati
- central Occitan
- centru Asturian
- কেন্দ্ৰ Bengali
- *štšentra Proto-Albanian
- قنطرة Moroccan Arabic
- ܩܶܢܛܪܳܘܢ Classical Syriac
- zentrel Ladin
- القنطرة, قنطرة Andalusian Arabic