Etymology

ecolinguistics

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Today it means: The study of the relationships between language, ecology, and the environment, especially how linguistic practices influence and reflect human interactions with the natural world. Full definition →

English linguistics ← Latin lingua ← Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā
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  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. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  10. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  11. Latindingua
  12. Latinlingua
  13. Englishlinguist
  14. Englishlinguistics
  15. English todayecolinguistics

From eco- + linguistics.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.