Where does “egocentric” come from?
egocentric (English) comes from English centric, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.
egocentric (English): selfish, self-centered; Egotistical; Relating to...
Definitions
- selfish, self-centered; Egotistical; Relating to...
Ancestry of “egocentric”, step by step
egocentric traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English centric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | centric | Being in the centre; central; Pertaining to a... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English ego
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ego | The self, especially with a sense of... |
| 2 | Latin | egō | I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via French égocentrique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | égocentrique | egocentric |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | ic |