'recenter' originates from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'center', which comes from Latin 'centrum', meaning 'center'.

'Center' evolved from the Latin word 'centrum', which was adopted into Old French as 'centre', and eventually became the modern English word 'center'.

Initially, it meant 'to place in the center again', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.