'export-centric' originates from the combination of 'export' and the suffix '-centric', where 'export' means 'to send goods to another country for sale' and '-centric' means 'having a specified center or focus'.

'export' comes from the Latin word 'exportare', meaning 'to carry out', and '-centric' is derived from the Greek word 'kentrikos', meaning 'pertaining to a center'.

Initially, 'export' meant 'to carry out', and '-centric' meant 'centered around'. Together, they evolved to mean 'focused on exporting'.