Etymology

microeconomics

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Today it means: The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company. Full definition →

English economics ← Middle English economike, iconomique ← Old French iconomike
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  8. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  9. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*németi
  12. Proto-Hellenic*némō
  13. Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
  14. Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
  15. Ancient Greekοἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
  16. Ancient Greekοἰκονομικός (oikonomikós)
  17. Latinoeconomicus
  18. Old Frenchiconomike
  19. Middle Englishiconomique
  20. Middle Englisheconomike, iconomique
  21. Englisheconomic
  22. Englisheconomics
  23. English todaymicroeconomics

From micro- + economics.

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