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Where does “Eurocentric” come from?

Eurocentric derives from English Europe, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη, from εὐρύς meaning "wide," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁wérus with the suffix -us.

Eurocentric (English): Focused on Europe or the people and culture of...

Definitions

  1. Focused on Europe or the people and culture of...

Ancestry of “Eurocentric”, 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 “Eurocentric”

  • Eurocentrically
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