Etymology

nomic

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Today it means: Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νομικός
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nomic · adjective1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνομικός“relating to laws”
  2. English todaynomic

From Ancient Greek νομικός (nomikós, “relating to laws”), from νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

Nomic · proper noun2

From the suffix -nomic; see -nomy.

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