Where does “çevrecilik” come from?

çevrecilik (Turkish) comes from Turkish çevreci, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

çevrecilik (Turkish): environmentalism

Definitions

  1. environmentalism

Ancestry of “çevrecilik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçevrecienvironmentalist
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →