ENGLISH ROOT WORD: eco- "house." from Greek oikos

【eco-】 is a word-forming element usually meaning "house" from Greek "oikos" from PIE *weik- "to fight, conquer; ⑴ clan; ⑵ to bend, to wind;"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "eco-"]

economic ****[521] Economic means concerned with the organization of the money, industry, and trade of a country, region, or society.
economical ☆[5160] Something that is economical does not require a lot of money to operate. For example a car that only uses a small amount of petrol is economical.
economically **[3768] economical + ly
economics ***[2620] Economics is the study of the way in which money, industry, and trade are organized in a society.
economist ***[2290] An economist is a person who studies, teaches, or writes about economics.
economy ****[590] An economy is the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized.
parish **[4432] A parish is a village or part of a town which has its own church and priest.

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[WORD ROOT]root eco
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] eco, ish
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) oikos
[MEANING]root house

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 oikos house, abode, dwelling

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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economic ★★★★[521] adjective from economy 〈 eco
【DEFINITION】 Economic means concerned with the organization of the money, industry, and trade of a country, region, or society.
【SYNONYM】 profitable
【ANTONYM】 uneconomic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ eco; house ⑵ nom; law, system of laws ⑶ ic; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek oikos》 house, abode, dwelling
【First Known Meaning】 pertaining to management of a household,
【DERIVATIVEs】 economic, economical, economics, economize, economy

economical ☆[5160] adjective from economy 〈 eco
【DEFINITION】 Something that is economical does not require a lot of money to operate. For example a car that only uses a small amount of petrol is economical.
【SYNONYM】 frugal
【ANTONYM】 uneconomical
【ROOTs】 ⑴ eco; house ⑵ nom; law, system of laws ⑶ ical(ic); adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek oikos》 house, abode, dwelling
【First Known Meaning】 pertaining to household management
【DERIVATIVEs】 economic, economical, economically, economize, economy

economically ★★[3768] adverb from economy 〈 eco
【DEFINITION】 economical + ly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ eco; house ⑵ nom; law, system of laws ⑶ ical(ic); adjective suffix ⑷ ly; suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek oikos》 house, abode, dwelling
【DERIVATIVEs】 economical, economically, economy

economics ★★★[2620] noun from economy 〈 eco
【DEFINITION】 Economics is the study of the way in which money, industry, and trade are organized in a society.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ eco; house ⑵ nom; law, system of laws ⑶ ics; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek oikos》 house, abode, dwelling
【DERIVATIVEs】 economic, economics, economy

economist ★★★[2290] noun from economy 〈 eco
【DEFINITION】 An economist is a person who studies, teaches, or writes about economics.
【pl.】 economists
【COMPOSITION】 economy + ist
【ROOTs】 ⑴ eco; house ⑵ nom; law, system of laws ⑶ ist; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek oikos》 house, abode, dwelling

economy ★★★★[590] noun from economy 〈 eco
【DEFINITION】 An economy is the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized.
【pl.】 economies
【ROOTs】 ⑴ eco; house ⑵ nom; law, system of laws ⑶ y; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek oikos》 house, abode, dwelling
【First Known Meaning】 household management
【DERIVATIVEs】 economic, economical, economically, economics, economize, economy

parish ★★[4432] noun
【DEFINITION】 A parish is a village or part of a town which has its own church and priest.
【pl.】 parishes
【ROOTs】 ⑴ par(pare); order, prepare, provide, procure ⑵ ish(eco); house
【Etymology】 《Greek paroikos》 [=parosche, para- +oikos] a sojourner
【First Known Meaning】 district with its own church; members of such a church,
【DERIVATIVEs】 parochial, parish

Other words containing "eco-"; eco, ecocide, ecological, ecologically, ecologist, ecology, ecosystem, ecotherapy, ecotour, ecotourism, ecotourist, ecumenism

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

east
ease
earn
duc-, duct-
dub, doubt
drive, drift, drove
draw
drain, drought, dry
dra-, drama-, drast-
down

 

 

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