Etymology

socioeconomics

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Today it means: The branch of economics that deals with social aspects. Full definition →

English economics ← 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. Englisheconomics
  27. English todaysocioeconomics

From socio- + economics.

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