eco-

eco-

See also: eco, Eco, ECO, eço, -eco, and éco-

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕkŏ-
• IPA^(key): /ˈiːkəʊ/

Prefix

eco-

1. ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)
2. economy

Usage notes

Primarily used in ecology/environment sense; if used in “economy” sense, usually as part of economy or a derived term.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with eco-

• ecoporn
• eco-town

(Economics):

• econometrics
• econometry
• economy

Translations

concerning ecology or the environment

Afrikaans: eko- Aragonese: eco- Armenian: էկո- (ēko-) Breton: eko- Bulgarian: еко- (eko-) Catalan: eco- (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 生 (zh) (sheng) Corsican: ecu- Czech: eko- Danish: øko- (da) Dutch: eco- (nl) Esperanto: eko- Finnish: eko- (fi) French: éco- (fr) Galician: eco- (gl) Georgian: ეკო- (eḳo-) German: öko- (de) Alemannic German: öko- Greek: οικο- (el) (oiko-) Hebrew: אקו-‎ Hungarian: öko- Icelandic: visti- Ido: eko- Indonesian: eko- Interlingua: eco- Irish: éici-, éicea- Italian: eco- (it) Japanese: エコ (eko) Korean: 생 (ko) (saeng) Latin: oeco- Lithuanian: eko- Luxembourgish: öko- Macedonian: еко- (eko-) Malay: eko- (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: øko- Nynorsk: øko- Occitan: eco- Polish: eko- Portuguese: eco- (pt) Romanian: eco- Russian: эко- (eko-) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: еко- Roman: eko- Slovak: eko- Slovene: eko- Spanish: eco- (es) Sundanese: éko- Swedish: eko- (sv) Tagalog: eko- Turkish: eko- Ukrainian: еко- (eko-) Vietnamese: sinh (vi) Welsh: eco- (cy)

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Translations to be checked

Sardinian: (please verify) eco- Sicilian: (please verify) eco-

Anagrams

• CEO, COE, CoE, Coe, EOC, ceo

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Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

eco-

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

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

eco-

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

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with eco-

Further reading

• “eco-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “eco-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “eco-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.koː/

• Audio

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Prefix

eco-

1. eco-

Dutch terms prefixed with eco-

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Italian

Prefix

eco-

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

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Portuguese

Prefix

eco-

1. eco- (concerning ecology or the environment)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

eco-

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

   ‎eco- + ‎sistema (“system”) → ‎ecosistema (“ecosystem”)

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

eco-

1. forming words relating to echos or other reflected waves

   ‎eco- + ‎cardiograma (“cardiogram”) → ‎ecocardiograma (“echocardiogram”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with eco-

Further reading

• “eco-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014