'prevention-focused' originates from the combination of 'prevention' and 'focused', where 'prevention' comes from Latin 'praeventio', meaning 'a going before', and 'focused' from Latin 'focus', meaning 'hearth' or 'center'.

'Prevention' evolved from the Latin 'praeventio' through Old French 'prevention', while 'focused' developed from Latin 'focus' through Middle English 'focussed'.

Initially, 'prevention' meant 'the act of going before', but it evolved to mean 'the act of stopping something from happening'. 'Focused' retained its meaning of 'centered on'.