Etymograph

English

egocentrism

From ego- + -centrism.

A compound of ego- + -centrism

Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ ‘I’

Proto-Italic *egō ‘I’

Archaic Latin eco

Latin ego ‘I’

English ego-

Today it means

noun The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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