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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

  1. Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of...

Ancestry of “ecological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishecologyThe branch of biology dealing with the...
2GermanÖkologieecology
3Germanöko-eco-
4Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “ecological”

  • ecologically
  • agroecological
  • socioecological
  • paleoecological
  • bioecological
  • macroecological
  • ethnoecological
  • radioecological
  • nonecological
  • unecological
  • agroecologically
  • microecological
  • dendroecological
  • paleoecologically
  • astroecological
  • dendroecologically
  • thermoecological
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