'profit-centric' originates from the combination of 'profit' and the suffix '-centric', where 'profit' refers to financial gain and '-centric' means centered around or focused on.

'Profit' comes from the Latin word 'profectus', meaning 'progress' or 'profit', and '-centric' is derived from the Greek word 'kentrikos', meaning 'pertaining to a center'.

Initially, 'profit' meant 'progress' or 'advancement', but over time it evolved to mean financial gain, and '-centric' has consistently meant focused on a central theme.