excéntrico

/eɡsˈθentɾiko/ · B2 · adj

eccentric (of a person behaving differently from the norm)

🎩 ex- (out of) + centro (center) = off-center, outside the norm

Excéntrico comes from Greek ek- (out of) + kentron (center). A person who is excéntrico acts away from the center of normal behavior, like a wheel whose axis is off-center. Same root as English eccentric.

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