Etymology

-nomial

Today it means: Denotes an expression with a specified number of terms. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νομός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνομός“portion, part”
  2. English today-nomial

Derived from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), compare binomial.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνομός all →

nomebinomialnomosnomianomopelmous

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