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Where does “endocentrically” come from?

endocentrically (English) comes from English endocentric, from English centric, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

endocentrically (English): In an endocentric manner

Definitions

  1. In an endocentric manner

Ancestry of “endocentrically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishendocentricFocused or centered within itself, and not on...
2EnglishcentricBeing in the centre; central; Pertaining to a...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →