I need this decided once and for all: is the prefix eco- pronounced “eh-ko” (rhymes with gecko, the lizard) or “ee-ko” (rhymes with Biko, the South African activist)?

Summer Rayne Oakes says “eh-ko.” I’ve always said “ee-ko.”

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