Etymology

pericentric

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Today it means: pericentral Full definition →

English centric ← Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) ← Proto-Indo-European *per-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Englishcentric
  5. English todaypericentric

From peri- + centric.

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