A.Word.A.Day -- ecesis

A.Word.A.Day

About | Media | Search | Contact

Home

Today's Word

Yesterday's Word

A.Word.A.Day--ecesis

This week's theme: Words from the plant kingdom

ecesis (i-SEE-sis)

noun: The entry or establishment of a plant in a new habitat.

From Greek oikesis (inhabitation), from oikein (to inhabit). Ultimately from Indo-European root weik- (clan) that is also the forebear of vicinity, village, villa, and villain (originally, a villain was a farm servant, one who lived in a villa or a country house).

Decided to pack up and move to a new city? Why call it a mere moving (or shifting) when you can grandly announce your ecesis.

"Perhaps there are also ecological barriers to ecesis in new habitats even when seeds arrive."
Richard H. Groves; Australian Vegetation; Cambridge University Press; 1994.

See more usage examples of ecesis in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

X-Bonus

Throw your dream into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, or a new country. -Anais Nin, author (1903-1977)

What they say

“Anu Garg triggers the kind of passionate reaction that actors, authors and memoirists would die for.”
Read more

More articles

Anu Garg on words

“A large vocabulary is like an artist having a big palette of colors. We don’t have to use all the colors in a single painting, but it helps to be able to find just the right shade when we need it.”

We need your help

Help us continue to spread the magic of words to readers everywhere

Donate

Subscriber Services
Awards | Stats | Links | Privacy Policy
Contribute | Advertise