English
anecumene
From an- + ecumene.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Germanic *ana- ‘on’
Proto-West Germanic *ana- ‘Forming verbs and adjectives from participles…’
English an-
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘to enter in, settle’
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Proto-Hellenic *wóikos ‘a settlement’
Ancient Greek οἶκος ‘residence’
Ancient Greek οἰκέω ‘I inhabit, dwell’
Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη ‘inhabited world’
English ecumene
Today it means
noun All parts of the world that are either uncivilized or uninhabited.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anecumene