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Where does “endocentricity” come from?

endocentricity (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.

endocentricity (English): The quality of being endocentric

Definitions

  1. The quality of being endocentric

Ancestry of “endocentricity”, 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 →