EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The word is derived from the french word environer, which means to surround, enclose or encircle. The environment can be defined as surroundings or conditions in which living organisms such as plants, animals, and humans live.

Detailed explanation-2: -The noun ‘environment’ has its etymological roots in the Old French ‘environ’ and ‘en-vironer’ (referring to such terms as ‘circuit’, ‘surround’, ‘enclose’, and ‘circumstances’). The Oxford English Dictionary gives 1603 as the date of the first usage of ‘environment’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The environment is derived from the french word ‘Environer/Environner’ meaning .

Detailed explanation-4: -It comes from the French word ‘Environ’ which means surrounding. The first recorded usage of the word was by Carlyle in 1827 and in 1956 it was used for the first time with the meaning we associate with it today.

Detailed explanation-5: -Adverb. environ. around. surrounding. about, roughly, approximately.