Etymology of the English word ecology
the English word
ecologyderived from the German word
Okologiederived from the Greek word
oikos, οἶκος (a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weik-Date
The earliest known usage of ecology in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
ecad,
ecospecies,
ecosystem,
autecology,
bioecology,
microecology,
synecology,
ecoauditCognates
Dutch
oecologie, French
écologie, German
Ökologie, Italian
ecologia, Norwegian
okologi, Swedish
ekologiUsage
Word found in Modern English
