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Understand meaning of "eco-"

Similar terms: eco

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Word Definition
A prefix added to the start of a word. Indicates that "ecology" modifies the word. Created to expand meanings. Can be used with many words to form new words.
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Examples of how word is used
eco- illustration "The tree is cultivated on large estates and as such is unique to ecofriendly agriculture!"
eco- illustration "Over the past 50 years, humans have changed natural ecosystems more rapidly than in any comparable period in human history,"
History of this word
"eco" is from "oikos" (house) spoken by people of Greece starting about 1000 B.C.
Note
In this sense, it is a word added to another word to form a new word.
More words with this prefix,
ecotourism
ecobabble
ecocide
ecotype
Words related to this meaning
grammar is modifier
"eco-" is a type of prefix