Etymology

nomia

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Today it means: Any of various ground-nesting halictid bees of the genus Nomia, native to Asia, many species of which have opalescent bands on the metasoma. Full definition →

translingual Nomia ← Ancient Greek νομός
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nomia · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνομός“pasture, meadow - their typical habitat”
  2. translingual · derived fromNomia
  3. English todaynomia

From translingual Nomia, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture, meadow - their typical habitat”) + -ia.

Nomia · proper noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΝομία
  2. English todayNomia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νομία (Nomía).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνομός all →

nomebinomialnomos-nomialnomopelmous

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