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Where does “οἶκος” come from?

οἶκος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

οἶκος (Ancient Greek): house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...

Definitions

  1. house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...

Ancestry of “οἶκος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
2Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “οἶκος”

  • economic
  • economy
  • parish
  • economics
  • ecological
  • economically
  • ecosystem
  • ecology
  • socioeconomic
  • economical
  • macroeconomic
  • parochial
  • eco
  • ecumenical
  • ecologically
  • ecotourism
  • Monaco
  • parishioner
  • macroeconomics
  • microeconomic
  • ecologist
  • ecumenism
  • microeconomics
  • parochialism
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