Etymology

nomos

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Ancient Greek νόμος
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nomos · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνόμος
  2. English todaynomos

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Doublet of nome and namus.

nomos · noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνομός“district”
  2. English todaynomos

From Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Doublet of nome.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνόμος all →

nomeisonomicnom--nomicsnomismnomo--nomynummarynummular

Ancient Greekνομός all →

nomebinomialnomia-nomialnomopelmous

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