-nomy

/nə.mi/

suffix

a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management

OriginAncient Greek νόμος (nómos) ← Proto-Hellenic *némō ← Proto-Indo-European *németi →
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Meanings

suffix

alternative -onomy

  1. a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*németi
  3. Proto-Hellenic*némō
  4. Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
  5. Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
  6. English-nomy

Borrowed from French -nomie, and a learned borrowing from Latin -nomia, from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

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Translations

Afrikaans -nomie
  • -nomiesystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Basque -nomia
  • -nomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Bulgarian -но́мия
  • -но́мия (-nómija)system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Catalan -nomia
  • -nomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Czech -nomie
  • -nomiesystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Danish -nomi
  • -nomisystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Dutch -nomie
  • -nomiesystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Esperanto -nomio
  • -nomiosystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Estonian -noomia
  • -noomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Finnish -nomia
  • -nomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
French -nomie
  • -nomiesystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
German -nomie
  • -nomiesystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Greek -νομία
  • -νομία (-nomía)system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Hebrew ־נוֹמְיָה
  • ־נוֹמְיָה (-nomia)system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Hungarian -nómia, -ászat
  • -nómiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
  • -ászatsystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
  • -észetsystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
  • -tansystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
  • -tudománysystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Indonesian -nomi
  • -nomisystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Italian -nomia
  • -nomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Latvian -nomija
  • -nomijasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Lithuanian -nomija
  • -nomijasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Norwegian Bokmål -nomi
  • -nomisystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Polish -nomia
  • -nomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Portuguese -nomia, -nomia
  • -nomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
  • -nomiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Romanian -nomie, -номие
  • -nomiesystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
  • -номие (-nomie)system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Russian -но́мия
  • -но́мия (-nómija)system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Slovak -nómia
  • -nómiasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Spanish -nomía
  • -nomíasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Swedish -nomi
  • -nomisystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Tagalog -nomiya
  • -nomiyasystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Turkish -nomi
  • -nomisystem of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Ukrainian -но́мія
  • -но́мія (-nómija)system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
Yiddish ־נאָמיע
  • ־נאָמיע (-nomye)system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field
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Chicago

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