'predicate-focused' is a modern English compound combining 'predicate' and 'focused'. 'predicate' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'praedicatum' (from the verb 'praedicare'), where 'prae-' meant 'before' (or 'in front') and 'dicare' meant 'to proclaim' or 'to say'. 'focused' derives from English 'focus', which comes from Latin 'focus' (hearth), later taking on the figurative sense 'point of attention' in Modern English.

'predicate' changed from Latin 'praedicare'/'praedicatum' through Medieval Latin and Middle English forms (e.g. 'predicat') and eventually became the modern English 'predicate'. 'focus' moved from Classical Latin 'focus' to Late Latin/Modern usage meaning 'point of attention', and the adjective 'focused' developed in English by regular derivation ('focus' + '-ed'). The compound 'predicate-focused' is a recent formation in linguistic discourse.

Initially 'predicate' meant roughly 'that which is proclaimed/said' and 'focus' originally meant 'hearth' (literal). Over time 'predicate' became the grammatical term for 'what is said about the subject,' and 'focus' shifted to 'point of attention'; together they now mean 'placing attention on the predicate'.