'infrastructure-centric' originates from the combination of 'infrastructure' and the suffix '-centric', where 'infrastructure' refers to the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, and '-centric' means 'centered around'.

'Infrastructure' comes from the French word 'infrastructure', and '-centric' is derived from the Latin 'centrum', meaning 'center'.

Initially, 'centric' meant 'centered around', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.