Standard Lemma guide

eco-

prefix · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • ĕkŏ-
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  • /ˈiːkəʊ/
  • Philippines: /ˈɛkoʊ/

1

prefix

Meaning 1

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prefix

Meaning 2

economy

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- From French éco-, from Latin oeco-, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Aragonese: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Armenian: էկո- (ēko-) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Breton: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Bulgarian: еко- (eko-) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Catalan: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生 (sheng) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Corsican: ecu- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Czech: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Danish: øko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Dutch: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Esperanto: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Finnish: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • French: éco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Galician: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Georgian: ეკო- (eḳo-) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • German: öko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • German: öko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Greek: οικο- (oiko-) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Hebrew: אקו־ — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Hungarian: öko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Icelandic: visti- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Ido: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Indonesian: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Interlingua: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Irish: éici- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Irish: éicea- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Italian: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Japanese: エコ (eko) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Korean: 생 (saeng) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Latin: oeco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Lithuanian: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Luxembourgish: öko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Macedonian: еко- (eko-) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Malay: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Occitan: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Polish: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Portuguese: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Romanian: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Russian: эко- (eko-) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Serbo-Croatian: еко- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Serbo-Croatian: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Slovak: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Slovene: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Spanish: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Sundanese: éko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Swedish: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Tagalog: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Turkish: eko- — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Ukrainian: еко- (eko-) — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Vietnamese: sinh — concerning ecology or the environment
  • Welsh: eco- — concerning ecology or the environment