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Where does “socioanthropology” come from?

socioanthropology (English) comes from English anthropology, from New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

socioanthropology (English): social anthropology, cultural anthropology

Definitions

  1. social anthropology, cultural anthropology

Ancestry of “socioanthropology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanthropologyThe holistic scientific and social study of...
2New Latinanthropologiaanthropology
3Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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