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ecosan

noun

Etymology

Blend of ecological + sanitation.

  1. derived from sanitas
  2. borrowed from sanitaire
  3. formed as sanitation — “sanitary + -ation”
  4. compounded as ecosan — “ecological + sanitation”

Definitions

  1. ecological sanitation (reuse of excreta for agriculture)

  2. Alternative form of ecosan (“ecological santitation”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ecosan. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA