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ecoculture en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek ϝοῖκος (woîkos) Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English ecoculture From eco- + culture.

Meanings

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:

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