ecotoxicology
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.50 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The toxicology of a substance towards a wide range of organisms or towards an ecosystem; the study of ecotoxicity.
Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek ϝοῖκος (woîkos) Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- French toxicologieder. English toxicology English ecotoxicology From eco- + toxicology.