Etymology

eusocial

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals whose genetic endowment they share. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wésus?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁su-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ehu-
  6. Ancient Greekἐΰς (eǘs)
  7. Ancient Greekεὖ (eû)
  8. Englisheu-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  13. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  14. Latinsokios
  15. Latinsocius
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Latinsociāli
  19. Middle Frenchsocia
  20. Englishsocial
  21. English todayeusocial

From eu- + social.

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