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Where does “Afrocentric” come from?

Afrocentric derives from English -centric, which comes from Ancient Greek κεντρικός meaning of or relating to a center.

Afrocentric (English): Focusing on black African people

Definitions

  1. Focusing on black African people

Ancestry of “Afrocentric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcentricBeing in the centre; central; Pertaining to a...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Afrocentric”

  • Afrocentricity
  • Afrocentricism
  • Afrocentrically
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