by Rosetta Gottlieb
Published 3 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
From French eco-, from Latin oeco, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos
oîkos
The oikos was the basic unit of society in most Greek city-states. In normal Attic usage the oikos, in the context of families, referred to a line of descent from father to son from generation to generation.
So, at root, eco means dwelling place. Ecology and economy differ in their suffixes. Logy is from Greek logos, from legein, to gather, count, hence to recount, hence to say or speak. Logos and its Latin counterpart legere - to count, speak, gather etc.
What eco means in Greek?
“Ecology” is a term derived from Greek meaning learning about (“logos”) the ecosystems, where “eco” comes from the Greek word “oikos” meaning “household” (Odum and Barrett 2005) – in other words, learning about the life of populations.
What is the Bengali meaning of eco?
Definition in Bangla: পরিবেশ ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত না করা; পরিবেশ বান্ধব।
Does the word ECO mean?
the environment
Eco is defined as the environment, habitat or surroundings. An example of eco is ecology. prefix. 2. Environmentally friendly or sensitive.
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Guessed translations
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Since its launch in 2001, greenmuseum.org had become a source for information about this global art movement, which includes eco -art (or ecological art), land art, art in nature and related terms.
