excentral etymology

English word excentral comes from English central, English ex-

Detailed word origin of excentral

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
central English (eng) (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.. Being in the centre.. Being the most important.. Being very important, or key to something.. Having or containing the centre of something.
ex- English (eng) (biology) Lacking.. Former, but still living (almost always used with a hyphen). Out of. Outside.
excentral English (eng) (botany) Out of the centre.. (geometry) Relating to the excentre.

Words with the same origin as excentral

Descendants of central
Central Time
Descendants of ex-
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