eco-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"
English
[edit]Etymology
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From French éco-, from Latin oeco-, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: ĕkŏ-
Audio (Southern England): (file) - IPA(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈɛkoʊ/
Prefix
[edit]eco-
- ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)
- economy
Usage notes
[edit]Primarily used in ecology/environment sense; if used in “economy” sense, usually as part of economy or a derived term.
Derived terms
[edit](Economics):
Translations
[edit]concerning ecology or the environment
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Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern) [ˌe̞.ku]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [ˌɛ.ko]
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˌɛ.ku]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˌe.ko], [ˌɛ.ko]
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).
Prefix
[edit]eco-
- eco- (forming words concerning ecology or the environment)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “echo”).
Prefix
[edit]eco-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “eco-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “eco-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “eco-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Dutch
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[edit]Prefix
[edit]eco-
Italian
[edit]Prefix
[edit]eco-
Derived terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: e‧co-
Prefix
[edit]eco-
- eco- (concerning ecology or the environment)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “eco-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “eco-”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “eco-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).
Prefix
[edit]eco-
- eco-; forms words concerning ecology or the environment
- eco- + sistema (“system”) → ecosistema (“ecosystem”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “echo”).
Prefix
[edit]eco-
- forms words relating to echos or other reflected waves
- eco- + cardiograma (“cardiogram”) → ecocardiograma (“echocardiogram”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “eco-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from French
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- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English 2-syllable words
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