Etymology

agronomy

A1G2R1O1N1O1M3Y4

Today it means: The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc. Full definition →

French agronomie ← Ancient Greek ἀγρός
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγρός“field”
  2. French · borrowed fromagronomie
  3. English todayagronomy

From French agronomie, from agronome (“agriculturist”), from Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). By surface analysis, agro- + -nomy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.