Etymology

socio-economic

Today it means: Of or pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors. Full definition →

English economic ← Middle English economike, iconomique ← Old French iconomike
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  5. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  6. Latinsokios
  7. Latinsocius
  8. Englishsocio-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  12. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  13. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*németi
  16. Proto-Hellenic*némō
  17. Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
  18. Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
  19. Ancient Greekοἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
  20. Ancient Greekοἰκονομικός (oikonomikós)
  21. Latinoeconomicus
  22. Old Frenchiconomike
  23. Middle Englishiconomique
  24. Middle Englisheconomike, iconomique
  25. Englisheconomic
  26. English todaysocio-economic

From socio- + economic.

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