Etymology

anthropocentric

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Today it means: Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós) ← Proto-Hellenic *kéntron ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)
  2. Englishanthropo-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
  5. Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
  6. Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
  7. Ancient Greekκεντρικός (kentrikós)
  8. English todayanthropocentric

From anthropo- + -centric.

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