Where does “ecotage” come from?
ecotage (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...
ecotage (English): The commission of usually illegal acts of...
Definitions
- The commission of usually illegal acts of...
Ancestry of “ecotage”, step by step
ecotage 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 sabotage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sabotage | A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy... |
| 2 | French | sabotage | sabotage |
| 3 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 5 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 6 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -āticum | — |