oikos
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A basic societal unit in Ancient Greece; a household or family line.
- (Christianity) hymn or poem recited as a dialogue
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἶκος (house, household, home, dwelling, family, dwelling-place, a house).
Origin
Ancient Greek
οἶκος
Gloss
house, household, home, dwelling, family, dwelling-place, a house
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
家, 族
Emoji
🏚️ 🏡 🛖 🪴 🏘️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- monoecious English
- oecium English
- oikology English
- oikophobe English
- oikophobia English
- oecus Latin
- Ökologie German
- stenoeco Italian
- eco- Spanish, Castilian
- διοίκησις Ancient Greek
- κάτοικος Ancient Greek
- μέτοικος Ancient Greek
- μύλοικος Ancient Greek
- οἰκέω Ancient Greek
- οἰκίζω Ancient Greek
- οἰκίσκος Ancient Greek
- οἰκεῖος Ancient Greek
- οἰκιστής Ancient Greek
- οἰκογενής Ancient Greek
- οἰκοδεσπότης Ancient Greek
- οἰκονομία Ancient Greek
- οἰκοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- οἴκαδε Ancient Greek
- οἴκοθεν Ancient Greek
- οἶκος Ancient Greek
- οἶκόνδε Ancient Greek
- πάροικος Ancient Greek
- περίοικος Ancient Greek
- πρόσοικος Ancient Greek
- ἄνοικος Ancient Greek
- ἄντοικος Ancient Greek
- ἄοικος Ancient Greek
- ἄποικος Ancient Greek
- *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- ecônomo Portuguese
- éicea- Irish
- éici- Irish
- eco- Catalan, Valencian
- οίκος Greek (modern)
- οικο- Greek (modern)
- ekologi Indonesian
- *wóikos Proto-Hellenic