from ethnos [people] * see s(w)e- 源自 ethnos [民族] *参见 s(w)e-
ethno-
combining form
indicating race, people, or culture
⇒ethnology
Origin
via French from Greek ethnos race
ethno-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning ”race,” “people,” or “culture,” used in the formation of compound words: ethnography;
ethnogenic.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of éthnos
Related Words
ethnarch
ethnoarchaeology
ethnobiology
ethnobotany
ethnocentrism
ethnogeography
ethno-a word element meaning 'race', 'nation', as in ethnology.
[Greek, combining form of ethnos]
ethno- combining form
ETYMOLOGY French, from Greek ethno-, ethn-, from ethnos
: race : people : cultural group ethnocentric
ethno-
/ˈeθnəʊ/
combining form
ethnic; ethnological
表示“人种（学）的”或“种族的”：
ethnocentric
ethnology.
词源
from Greek ethnos 'nation'.
ethno-|ɛθnəʊ, ɛθnɒ|mod. combining form of Gr. ἔθνος nation (first recorded in ethnography) in words relating to the study of peoples or cultures, attached to (a) endings (as -graphy, -logy, etc.), and (b) nouns (as botany, psychology, etc.), or derivatives of these.
ethno-
word-forming element meaning "race, culture," from Greek ethnos "people, nation, class, caste, tribe; a number of people accustomed to live together" (see ethnic). Used to form modern compounds in the social sciences.
ethno-/ˈɛθnəʊ/combining form.
ORIGIN: from Greekethnos nation: see -o-.
Nation, people, culture.
ethno-
combining form. race; people; nation: Ethnology = the science of races of people.
[< Greek éthnos nation]
ethno- combining form Etymology: French, from Late Greek, from Greek ethnos nation — more at ethnos 1.: race, people, cultural group < ethnography > < ethnogenic > 2.: characteristic of or believed by a people, race, or group < ethnometeorology > : used by or related to a people or race < ethnobiology > < ethnoflora >
ethno-
Prefix
Meaning race (in the sense of classification of human beings).
Etymology
From Ancient Greekἔθνος (éthnos, “a company, later a people, nation”)