ecomovement

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noun

A movement promoting the protection of the natural environment.

OriginEnglish movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement →
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Meanings

nounecomovement (plural ecomovements)

plural ecomovements

  1. A movement promoting the protection of the natural environment.

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*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. Englishecomovement

From eco- + movement.

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APA

ecomovement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecomovement

MLA

“ecomovement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecomovement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecomovement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecomovement.

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