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eco-
word-forming element referring to the environment and man's relation to it, abstracted from ecology, ecological; attested from 1969.
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ecology (n.)
1873, oecology, "branch of science dealing with the relationship of living things to their environments," coined in German by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel as Ökologie, from Greek oikos "house, dwelling place, habitation" (from PIE root *weik- (1) "clan") + -logia "study of" (see -logy). In use with reference to anti-pollution activities from 1960s.
updated on September 03, 2012
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eclecticism
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