Where does “ecological” come from?
Ecological comes from English ecology and the suffix -ic, from Ancient Greek -λογία and λόγος meaning "word" or "account," from λέγω meaning "to speak," ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European -kos and ϝoῖκος.
ecological (English): Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of...
Definitions
- Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of...
Ancestry of “ecological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ecology | The branch of biology dealing with the... |
| 2 | German | Ökologie | ecology |
| 3 | German | öko- | eco- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “ecological”
- ecologically
- socioecological
- paleoecological
- bioecological
- ecotage
- macroecological
- ethnoecological
- radioecological
- nonecological
- unecological
- microecological
- dendroecological
- paleoecologically
- ecoteur
- ecoburb
- astroecological
- thermoecological
- geoecological
- aeroecological
- antiecological
- chemicoecological
- chemoecological
- chronoecological
- ecosan