Where does “ecotravel” come from?
ecotravel (English) comes from English travel, from Middle English travelen, from Middle Scots travailen, from Old French travailler, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare, from Latin tripalium, from Latin tripālis, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ecotravel (English): recreational travel to natural areas in a way...
Definitions
- recreational travel to natural areas in a way...
Ancestry of “ecotravel”, step by step
ecotravel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English travel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | travel | To be on a journey, often for pleasure or... |
| 2 | Middle English | travelen | to make a laborious journey, travel |
| 3 | Middle Scots | travailen | to toil, work, travel |
| 4 | Old French | travailler | Alternative form of traveillier; to suffer; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tripaliare | to work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō |
| 6 | Latin | tripalium | torture instrument; a torture instrument |
| 7 | Latin | tripālis | that has, or is prop up by, three stake or pale |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English eco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eco | Environmentally friendly or sensitive; A proposed... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |