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Eccentric

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means unconventional or slightly odd in behavior or appearance
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Stage 1 of 2
ekkentros
Greek · ancient
"away from the center"
literally out of center, from ek (out of) and kentron (center)
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Stage 2 of 2
eccentric
English · 1500s
"unconventional or odd in behavior"
broadened from geometry to describe unconventional people
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