eco-

See also eco, -eco, and ECO

English

Etymology

From French eco-, from Latin oeco, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oikos, “house, household”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕkŏ-
• IPA: /ˈiːˌkəʊ/

Prefix

eco-

1. Meaning ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense).

Derived terms

• eco-city
• ecocommunalism
• ecodefense
• eco-friendly
• ecology
• econometrics
• econometry
• economy
• ecoporn
• ecopornography
• ecosystem
• eco-village/ecovillage
• eco-town
• eco-warrior

Translations

concerning ecology or the environment

Afrikaans: eko- Alsatian: Öko- Aragonese: eco- m. Bosnian: eko- (bs) Breton: eko- Bulgarian: Еко- (eko-) Catalan: eco- Chinese: 生 (sheng) Corsican: ecu- Croatian: eko- (hr) Czech: eko- (cs) Danish: øko- (da) Dutch: eco- Esperanto: eko- (eo) Filipino: eko- Finnish: eko- (fi) French: éco- (fr) Galician: eco- Georgian: ეკო- (ekologia) German: Öko- Greek: οικο- (oikología or ikología) Hebrew: אקו- (he) (ekoloyia) Hungarian: öko- Icelandic: visti- (is) Ido: eko- Indonesian: eko- (id) Interlingua: eco- Irish: éiceo- Italian: eco-

Japanese: 生 (sei), probably iko- on non-Japanese words Korean: 생태학 (sang-) Latin: oeco- Lithuanian: eko- (lt) Luxembourgish: Öko- Macedonian: Еко- (eko-) Malay: eko- (ms) Norwegian: øko- (no) Occitan: eco- Polish: eko- (pl) Portuguese: eco- Romanian: eco- Russian: эко- (jeko- or yeko-) Sardinian: eco- Serbian: Cyrillic: еко- Roman: eko- Sicilian: eco- Slovak: eko- (sk) Slovene: eko- (sl) Spanish: eco- Sundanese: éko- Swedish: eko- (sv) Tagalog: eko- Turkish: eko- (tr) Ukrainian: еко- (eko-) Vietnamese: sinh (生) Welsh: eco-

External links

• An environmental related company called ECO

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Italian

Prefix

eco-

1. Forms words relating to echos
2. eco- (environmental)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oikos, “house, household”).

Prefix

eco-

1. eco- (forming words concerning ecology or the environment)

   sistema (“system”) → ecosistema (“ecosystem”).

Etymology 2

From Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhō, “echo”).

Prefix

eco-

1. Forming words relating to echos or other reflected waves.

   cardiograma (“cardiogram”) → ecocardiograma (“echocardiogram”)

Derived terms

[+] Spanish words prefixed with eco-