socio-
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsəʊ.si-/, /ˌsəʊ.ʃi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsoʊ.si-/, /ˌsoʊ.ʃi/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌsəʉ.si-/, /ˌsəʉ.ʃi/
Prefix
[edit]socio-
- society
- 1980 December 27, Lee Swinslow, quoting Krissy Keeler, “Wallflower: Moving With Their Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 10:
- So we at this point want to encourage everyone to have principled relationships, and to understand where their relationship fits in terms of socio-impact. We want heterosexuals to understand their privilege in relation to lesbians but not to across the board say we're not going to work with you unless you're a lesbian.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
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Derived terms
[edit]French
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sócio- (misspelling, also an allomorph in Brazil)
Etymology
[edit]Orthographic borrowing from French socio-.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: so‧ci‧o-
Prefix
[edit]socio-
- socio- (society)
- socio- + cultural → sociocultural
- socio- + político → sociopolítico
Usage notes
[edit]- This prefix is hyphenated before words starting in ⟨o⟩ or ⟨h⟩. In Brazil, this hyphenated form is written sócio-.
- socio- + histórico → socio-histórico (Portugal)
- sócio- + histórico → sócio-histórico (Brazil)
- In other contexts, the accented spelling sócio- is considered a misspelling, stemming from the prefix’s stressed pronunciation. As a misspelling, it is always hyphenated.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “socio-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “socio-”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “socio-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “socio-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
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[edit]socio-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “socio-”, 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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