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Why: Editing an article about eco-friendly bamboo shower curtain hooks.
Answer: It derives from the Greek "οικος" (oikos) which refers to a "house" or "household" and from the Late Latin "oeco-". The use of "eco" as a modifier to denote an environmental context started from the late 1960s but had been used as early as 1949.
Source:
Wikipedia
The More You Know:
Umberto Eco originated in Alessandria, Italy, in 1932.
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