English
acrocentric
From acro- + -centric.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom ‘pointed tool’
Proto-Hellenic *kéntron
Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’
Ancient Greek κεντρικός ‘of or belonging to a cardinal point’
English centric
Today it means
adj (of a chromosome) Having the centromere very near to one end, and thus having a long arm, and a very short arm.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / acrocentric