Ethno- Definition

ethnō, ethnə
prefix
Race; people.
Ethnohistorical.
American Heritage

Meaning race (in the sense of classification of human beings).

Wiktionary
affix
Ethnic group or division; people or peoples.
Ethnology.
Webster's New World

Origin of Ethno-

  • Greek from ethnos people s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (ethnos, “a company, later a people, nation”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Fr < Gr ethnos: see ethnic

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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