Etymology

eco-region

Today it means: A region, smaller than an ecozone, that contains a distinct biodiversity of flora and fauna. Full definition →

English region ← French éco- ← Latin oeco-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  4. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  5. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  6. Latinoeco-
  7. Frenchéco-
  8. Englisheco-
  9. Englishregion
  10. English todayeco-region

From eco- + region.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.