Etymology

-nomics

Today it means: The rules of a discipline. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νόμος
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-nomics · suffix1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνόμος“law”
  2. English today-nomics

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law”). The addition of an English prefix thus indicates the "laws" of the discipline or area denoted by the prefix. By surface analysis, -nomy + -ics.

-nomics · suffix2

Back-formation from economics.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνόμος all →

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