Etymology

-nomy

Today it means: a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management Full definition →

Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) ← Proto-Hellenic *némō ← Proto-Indo-European *németi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*németi
  3. Proto-Hellenic*némō
  4. Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
  5. Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
  6. English today-nomy

Borrowed from French -nomie, and a learned borrowing from Latin -nomia, from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνόμος all →

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