kent- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	kent-
DEFINITION:	To prick, jab. 1. center; amniocentesis, dicentra, eccentric, from Greek kentein, to prick. 2. Suffixed form kent-to-. cestus¹, from Greek kestos,* belt, girdle. (Pokorny ent- 567.)


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