socio-

From Latin socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsəʊ.si-/, /ˌsəʊ.ʃi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsoʊ.si-/, /ˌsoʊ.ʃi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌsəʉ.si-/, /ˌsəʉ.ʃi/

socio-

1. society
   • 1980 December 27, Lee Swinslow, quoting Krissy Keeler, “Wallflower: Moving With Their Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 10:

     So we at this point want to encourage everyone to have principled relationships, and to understand where their relationship fits in terms of socio-impact. We want heterosexuals to understand their privilege in relation to lesbians but not to across the board say we're not going to work with you unless you're a lesbian.

• Cosio

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌsɔ.si.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌsɔ.si.o]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌso.si.o]

socio-

1. socio-

socio-

1. socio-

socio-

1. socio-

• scoio, scoiò

• sócio- (misspelling, also an allomorph in Brazil)

Orthographic borrowing from French socio-.

• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧o-

socio-

1. socio- (society)

   ‎socio- + ‎cultural → ‎sociocultural

   ‎socio- + ‎político → ‎sociopolítico

• This prefix is hyphenated before words starting in ⟨o⟩ or ⟨h⟩. In Brazil, this hyphenated form is written sócio-.

  ‎socio- + ‎histórico → ‎socio-histórico (Portugal)

  ‎sócio- + ‎histórico → ‎sócio-histórico (Brazil)

• In other contexts, the accented spelling sócio- is considered a misspelling, stemming from the prefix’s stressed pronunciation. As a misspelling, it is always hyphenated.

• “socio-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “socio-”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “socio-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “socio-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

socio-

1. socio-

• Spanish terms prefixed with socio-

  sociobiología

  sociocultural

  socioeconómico

  sociogénesis

  sociólogo

  sociópata

  sociopolítico

  sociorracial

  sociosanitario

• “socio-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024