English
Islamocentric
Islamocentric comes from Ancient Greek κεντρικός ‘of or belonging to a cardinal point’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱéntrom‘pointed tool’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kéntronreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκέντρονkéntron‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκεντρικόςkentrikós‘of or belonging to a cardinal point’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Islamocentric
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱéntrom‘pointed tool’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kéntronreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκέντρονkéntron‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκεντρικόςkentrikós‘of or belonging to a cardinal point’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Islamocentric
Earliest quotation: 1999, Rachel Mason, Doug Boughton: “The above courses have been under-resourced, hence marginalised, which…”
A compound of Islamo- + -centric
Linked words
through Proto-Hellenic *kéntron
through Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’
center, central, centre, kendra, eccentric, alcantara, concentric, cento, centrum, 16 more
Today it means
adj Centred on or overemphasizing Islam and/or Muslims.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom / Islamocentric