Centre
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late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin centrum, from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’, related to kentein ‘to prick’.
wiktionary
Borrowed from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον(kéntron), from κεντεῖν(kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).
etymonline
centre
chiefly British English spelling of center (q.v.); for ending, see -re.
