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Where does “enviro-” come from?

enviro- (English) comes from English environment, from Middle French environnement.

enviro- (English): environmental or environmentalist

Definitions

  1. environmental or environmentalist

Ancestry of “enviro-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenvironmentThe surroundings of, and influences on, a...
2Middle Frenchenvironnement—

Words derived from “enviro-”

  • Enviropig
  • envirofriendly
  • environut
  • envirotard
  • enviro-friendly
  • envirospeak
  • environazi
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