Etymology

ecomovement

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Today it means: A movement promoting the protection of the natural environment. Full definition →

English movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement
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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. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmovēre
  13. Old Frenchmovoir
  14. Old Frenchmovement
  15. Middle Englishmevement
  16. Englishmovement
  17. English todayecomovement

From eco- + movement.

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