'land-centric' originates from the English word 'land' combined with the suffix '-centric', where 'land' refers to the solid part of the earth's surface and '-centric' means centered around or focused on.

'land' from Old English 'land' and '-centric' from Greek 'kentrikos', meaning 'pertaining to a center'.

Initially, it meant 'centered on land', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.