'service-centric' originates from the combination of 'service' and the suffix '-centric', where 'service' refers to the act of helping or doing work for someone, and '-centric' means centered around or focused on.

'Service' comes from the Old French 'servise', and '-centric' is derived from the Greek 'kentrikos', meaning 'pertaining to a center'.

Initially, 'service' meant 'the act of serving', and '-centric' meant 'centered around'. Together, they evolved to mean 'focused on providing services'.