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Where does “centric” come from?

Centric comes from Ancient Greek κεντρικός, meaning "of or pertaining to a center."

centric (English): Being in the centre; central; Pertaining to a...

Definitions

  1. Being in the centre; central; Pertaining to a...

Ancestry of “centric”, step by step

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

Words derived from “centric”

  • logocentric
  • ecocentric
  • centricity
  • monocentric
  • pericentric
  • centrical
  • dicentric
  • galactocentric
  • unicentric
  • logocentricity
  • neurocentric
  • noncentric
  • selenocentric
  • apocentric
  • photocentric
  • centricalness
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