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What does -ponics mean?
Forms names of systems of agriculture.
Where does -ponics come from?
From geoponics (“agriculture”), which is ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + πόνος (pónos, “work, toil”) + -ικός (-ikós).

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