stone (of a fruit), pit (of a fruit) · group (of artists etc.); cell (of terrorists etc.) · core
çekim: çoğul noyaux
zıt: attaque, coda
köken: Inherited from Middle French noyau, backformed from Old French noiaus, plural of noial, a variant of Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”), diminutive of nōdus (“knot”), or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”), derivative of nux (“nut”). Compare English newel and noil.
köken: From daşaq: the gemination of the intervocalic /ş/ is probably due to emphasis. Similar process can be observed in aşağı, often pronounced /aşşağı/ in both Azerbaijani and other Turkic varieties. Two possibilities exist regarding the ultimate origin: * A diminutive of Proto-Turkic *tiāĺ (“stone”), i.e. 'little stone' or otherwise related to the sense 'stone'; see Azerbaijani daş. * A derivation…
centre (middle of anything) · center (point on a line midway between the ends) · downtown
çekim: çoğul centros
köken: Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.
köken: From Byzantine Greek ὀρχίδιον (orkhídion), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”). The change of the initial vowel from ο to α is due to the liaison from the plural: τὰ ὀρχίδια → (elision) τὰ ’ρχίδια → (rebracketing) τ’ ἀρχίδια.
centre (of a city) · centre (the middle part of) · centre (of an activity)
çekim: çoğul centra · tamlayan centrów
eş: ognisko, środek, serce, centrala
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumlbor. Polish centrum Learned borrowing from Latin centrum.
köken: Uncertain. Perhaps from the variant boașă, possibly from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa (“purse”), although this is unlikely. Perhaps from Turkish boş, although this is also doubtful due to the age of the word. Compare Aromanian boashã, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian boş.