ecology
The origin and history of ecology.
Etymology
A loan-translation of German Ökologie, coined in 1866 by the biologist Ernst Haeckel from Greek oîkos ("house") plus -logía ("study of") — literally, the "study of the household" of nature.
Class of 1866
ecology first entered the language around 1866. Other words from the same year:
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