Where does “ecosan” come from?
ecosan (English) comes from English ecological, from English ecology, from German Ökologie, from German öko-, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ecosan (English): ecological sanitation reuse of excreta for agriculture
Definitions
- ecological sanitation reuse of excreta for agriculture
Ancestry of “ecosan”, step by step
ecosan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ecological
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ecological | Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of... |
| 2 | English | ecology | The branch of biology dealing with the... |
| 3 | German | Ökologie | ecology |
| 4 | German | öko- | eco- |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English sanitation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sanitation | The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste; The... |
| 2 | English | sanitary | Of, or relating to health; Clean and free from... |
| 3 | French | sanitaire | sanitary; health |
| 4 | Latin | sānitās | health, soundness of body, healing |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |