centre
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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centre, U.S. center sb. XIV. — (O)F.
centre or its source L.
centrum — Gr.
kéntron goad, peg, stationary point of a pair of compasses, f. base of
kenteîn prick. From XVI to XVIII the prevalent sp. was
center;
centre appeared in Bailey's dict. 1727 and was adopted by Johnson.
Hence
centre vb. XVII. So
central XVI,
-ize XIX.
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