English
edaphoecological
Edaphoecological comes from Ancient Greek ἔδαφος ‘bottom, foundation, base’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςédaphos‘bottom, foundation, base’
- Englishtodayedaphoecological
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςédaphos‘bottom, foundation, base’
- Englishtodayedaphoecological
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, session, chair, method, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, saddle, niche, exodus, reside, subsidy, residue, residual, nye, sediment, sedan, insidious, dissident, beset, prasad, sedentary, soot, setter, obsess, anode, cathode, sedative, chaise, presidio, sate, 96 more
Today it means
adj Relating to soils and the ecosystems within them
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἔδαφος / edaphoecological