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Etymology of -nomy

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Pro

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Unnumbered source etymology

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suffix

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

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Latin -nomialbor. French -nomiebor. ▲ Latin -nomialbor. English -nomy Borrowed from French -nomie, and a learned borrowing from Latin -nomia, from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

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