ethno-

US/ɛθnoʊ/

prefix

race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings).

Meanings

prefix
  1. race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings).

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἔθνος“a company, later a people, nation”
  2. Englishethno-

From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company, later a people, nation”).

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Translations

Afrikaans etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Basque etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Bulgarian етно-
  • етно- (etno-)race, ethnicity
Catalan etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Czech etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Danish etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Dutch etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Esperanto etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Estonian etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Finnish etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
French ethno-
  • ethno-race, ethnicity
German ethno-
  • ethno-race, ethnicity
Greek εθνο-
  • εθνο- (ethno-)race, ethnicity
Hebrew אֶתְנוֹ־
  • אֶתְנוֹ־race, ethnicity
Hungarian etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Indonesian etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Italian etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Latin ethno-
  • ethno-race, ethnicity
Latvian etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Lithuanian etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Norwegian Bokmål etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Polish etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Portuguese etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Romanian etno-, етно-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
  • етно- (etno-)race, ethnicity
Russian этно-
  • этно- (etno-)race, ethnicity
Slovak etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Spanish etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Swedish etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Tagalog etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Turkish etno-
  • etno-race, ethnicity
Ukrainian етно-
  • етно- (etno-)race, ethnicity
Yiddish עטנאָ־
  • עטנאָ־ (etno-)race, ethnicity
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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