'character-centric' originates from the combination of 'character' and the suffix '-centric', where 'character' refers to a person in a narrative and '-centric' means centered around or focused on.

'Character' comes from the Greek word 'kharaktēr', meaning 'engraved mark', and '-centric' is derived from the Latin 'centrum', meaning 'center'.

Initially, 'character' referred to a mark or symbol, but over time it evolved to mean a person in a story, and '-centric' has consistently meant focused on a central point.