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socio-economic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • China has experienced significant socio-economic development over the past number of decades.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos) ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía)bor. Latin oeconomia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin oeconomicusder. Old French iconomikeder. Middle English iconomiquebor. Middle English economike, iconomique English economic English socio-economic From socio- + economic.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: socioeconòmic — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會經濟的 /社会经济的 (shèhuì jīngjì de) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Danish: socioøkonomisk — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Finnish: sosioekonominen — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Finnish: yhteiskunnallis-taloudellinen — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • French: socio-économique — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Galician: socioeconómico — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Georgian: სოციოეკონომიკური (socioeḳonomiḳuri) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Georgian: სოციალურ-ეკონომიკური (socialur-eḳonomiḳuri) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Greek: κοινωνικοοικονομικός (koinonikooikonomikós) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Hawaiian: kū hoʻokele waiwai lāhui — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Hebrew: סוציו־אקונומי (sotsyo-ekonómi) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Irish: socheacnamaíoch — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Italian: socioeconomico — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Kazakh: әлеуметтiк-экономикалық (äleumettik-ékonomikalyq) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Māori: ohapori — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Norman: socio-êconomique — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosioøkonomisk — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sosioøkonomisk — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Portuguese: socioeconômico — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Portuguese: socioeconómico — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Romanian: socioeconomic — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Romanian: socio-economic — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Romanian: social-economic — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Russian: социа́льно-экономи́ческий (sociálʹno-ekonomíčeskij) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Spanish: socioeconómico — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Swedish: socioekonomisk — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Tagalog: ulnuagimatin — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Turkish: sosyoekonomik — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
  • Ukrainian: соціа́льно-економі́чний (sociálʹno-ekonomíčnyj) — pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors
Real reading context

socio-economic in complete knowledge articles