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ethno-

  1. a combining form meaning ”race,” “people,” or “culture,” used in the formation of compound words:

    ethnography;

    ethnogenic.



ethno-

combining_form

  1. indicating race, people, or culture

    ethnology



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Word History and Origins

Origin of ethno-1

< Greek, combining form of éthnos

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ethno-1

via French from Greek ethnos race

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Example Sentences

But those pull factors also suggest a darker side, the side of ethno-nationalism.

And grouping them by geography, socioeconomic status, and ethno-national background (Shahs of Sunset) is yet another.

Israeli politics, however, involves far more actors, cleavages and ethno-religious interests.

The January elections suggest a retreat from ethno-sectarian politics.

The historic theory of "centres of civilisation" is allied to that of ethno-geographic provinces.

The Bushmen-Hottentots form an ethno-somatological group quite apart.

This method will give us also the key to the ethno-psychology, the ultimate aim and goal of folk-lore studies.

This house was a small edition of the larger dance house (described by Barrett, Ethno-Geography, p. 10).

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