ecoculture

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noun

A natural habitat and its inhabitants.

OriginEnglish culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra →
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Meanings

nounecoculture (plural ecocultures)

plural ecocultures

  1. A natural habitat and its inhabitants.

    But a drive through the preserve with Mr. Alex, an archaeologist, and his wife, Betty, a wildlife biologist, showed a flourishing desert ecoculture of quail, mule deer, mice and the occasional bobcat and tarantula.

    2007 November 3, Ralph Blumenthal, “Texas Proceeding With Plan to Auction Preserve”, in New York Times

Origin

  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*kʷelh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  11. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  12. Latincolō
  13. Latincultūra
  14. Middle Frenchculture
  15. Englishculture
  16. Englishecoculture

From eco- + culture.

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APA

ecoculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecoculture

MLA

“ecoculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecoculture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecoculture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecoculture.

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