Where does “ecomafia” come from?

ecomafia (Italian) comes from Italian eco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.

ecomafia (Italian): environmental organized crime; namely the mafia...

Definitions

  1. environmental organized crime; namely the mafia...

Ancestry of “ecomafia”, step by step

ecomafia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian eco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianecoecho; echoing sound; sounding
2Latinechoecho
3Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
4Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
5Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́—

via Italian Mafia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianMafiathe Mafia (International organized crime organization)
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἠχή →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ →